Fault-Secure Multidetector Fire Protection System for Trains

Author

Amer, Hassanein H. ; Daoud, Raméz M.

Author_Institution

Electron. Eng. Dept., American Univ. in Cairo

Volume

56

Issue

3

fYear

2007

fDate

6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

770

Lastpage

777

Abstract

This paper presents the design of a low-cost, robust, and fault-secure fire protection system for trains. This system consists of three temperature detectors and three smoke detectors, whose outputs are connected to a controller. The system produces three warning signals: fire, alarm, and cigarette. The system takes into account the presence or absence of wind and is expected to be extremely useful in cargo trains in developing countries. Also, the probability of false alarms is minimized. Finally, fault-tolerance is introduced into the system, and the increase in reliability is calculated

Keywords

controllers; fault tolerance; fires; smoke detectors; temperature measurement; temperature sensors; transportation; cargo trains; cigarette; controller; false alarm probability; fault-secure multidetector; fault-tolerance; fire protection system; smoke detectors; temperature detectors; temperature measurement; transportation; warning signals; Control systems; Fault tolerant systems; Fires; Microcontrollers; Programmable control; Protection; Robustness; Smoke detectors; Temperature control; Temperature sensors; Detectors; fault-tolerance; fire control systems; temperature measurement; transportation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIM.2007.894226

Filename

4200972