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Progress in the development of a S RETGEM-based detector for an early forest fire warning system

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We present a prototype of a Strip Resistive Thick GEM (S-RETGEM) photosensitive gaseous detector filled with Ne and ethylferrocene (EF) vapours at a total pressure of 1 atm for an early forest fire detection system. Measurements show that it is one hundred times more sensitive than the best commercial ultraviolet (UV) flame detectors; and therefore, it is able to reliably detect a flame of 1:51:51:5m3 at a distance of about 1 km. An additional and unique feature of this detector is its imaging capability, which in combination with other techniques, may significantly reduce false fire alarms rate when operating in an automatic mode. Preliminary results conducted with air-filled photosensitive gaseous detectors are also presented. The main advantages of this approach include both the simplicity of manufacturing and affordability of construction materials such as plastics and glues specifically reducing detector production cost. The sensitivity of these air-filled detectors at certain conditions may be as high as those filled with Ne and EF. Long-term tests of such sealed detectors indicate a significant progress in this direction. We believe that our detectors utilized in addition to other flame and smoke sensors will exceptionally increase the capability to detect forest fire at a very early stage of development. Our future efforts will be focused on attempts to commercialize such detectors utilizing our aforementioned findings.
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hal-00494451 , version 1 (24-06-2010)

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Georges Charpak, Patrick Benaben, Philippe Breuil, Paolo Martinengo, Eugenio Nappi, et al.. Progress in the development of a S RETGEM-based detector for an early forest fire warning system. Journal of Instrumentation, 2009, 4(décembre), pp.P12007. ⟨10.1088/1748-0221/4/12/P12007⟩. ⟨hal-00494451⟩
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