Performance of a Protected Wireless Sensor Network in a Fire. Analysis of Fire Spread and Data Transmission

Sensors

Thierry Antoine-Santoni¹  Jean-François Santucci²  Emmanuelle de Gentili²  Xavier Silvani² 

[1] University of Corsica/UMR CNRS SPE, Quartier Grossetti 20250 Corte, France;

关键词: wireless sensor network;    thermal insulation;    natural fire;    fire spread;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s90805878

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The paper deals with a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) as a reliable solution for capturing the kinematics of a fire front spreading over a fuel bed. To provide reliable information in fire studies and support fire fighting strategies, a Wireless Sensor Network must be able to perform three sequential actions: 1) sensing thermal data in the open as the gas temperature; 2) detecting a fire i.e., the spatial position of a flame; 3) tracking the fire spread during its spatial and temporal evolution. One of the great challenges in performing fire front tracking with a WSN is to avoid the destruction of motes by the fire. This paper therefore shows the performance of Wireless Sensor Network when the motes are protected with a thermal insulation dedicated to track a fire spreading across vegetative fuels on a field scale. The resulting experimental WSN is then used in series of wildfire experiments performed in the open in vegetation areas ranging in size from 50 to 1,000 m².

【 授权许可】

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