Adding Heat and Smoke Detectors
The Detectors tab lets you incorporate heat detectors or smoke detectors into your fire and smoke simulation.
To incorporate heat detectors or smoke detectors into your fire and smoke simulation:
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Begin by selecting the type of detector from the
Create Heat Or Smoke Detector drop-down list.
The settings for a particular type of detector change with your selection.
- Enter a name for the detector in the Detector Name text box.
- Enter the coordinates of the detector in the Detector Position group box.
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Create the detector by clicking the Create Detector
button.
The new detector appears with its pertinent data in the List of Heat and Smoke Detectors.
When the list contains one or more detectors, an additional set of options becomes available.
The settings are specific to each detector that you highlight in the detector list.
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After you finish with the wizard by clicking Apply, a
point derived part is created for each detector and appears in the object tree
in the Derived Parts node.
Additionally, a report, monitor, and plot is created for each detector. These appear in the object tree in the Reports, Monitors, and Plots nodes respectively.
For heat detectors, the report monitors the maximum temperature at the probe location. The corresponding plot displays the temperature against iteration number.
The report created for smoke detectors monitors the soot mass fraction at the probe location.