Description of a detector which is sensitive to the ultraviolet molecular emissions of flames and has been selected as the basic element of the NASA Skylab fire-detection system. This detector is sensitive to approximately 10 to the minus 12th watts of ultraviolet radiation and will detect small flames at distances in excess of three meters. Its response to a variety of burning spacecraft materials has been investigated both in one-gravity and zero-gravity. The results of experiments conducted in an aircraft flying zero-gravity parabolas in an attempt to simulate the characteristics of a fire which the detector must sense are cited.


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    Title :

    The application of an ultraviolet sensitive fire detector in a manned space vehicle.


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Optical Society of America, Fall Meeting ; 1971 ; Ottawa, Canada


    Publication date :

    1971-10-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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