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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2021
Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Jose Manuel Munuera, Barcelona, ES;
CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Abstract
A fire detection system for monitoring a monitored environment includes a smoke detector configured to determine a concentration of smoke in a sample of air from the monitored environment; a gas sensor configured to determine a concentration of a predetermined gas in the sample of air, the predetermined gas is one of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide; and a control module in communication with the smoke detector and the gas sensor; the control module is configured to identify a source of the smoke based on the concentration of smoke and the concentration of the predetermined gas; and the source of the smoke is identified to be a non-fire source when the concentration of the predetermined gas in the sample of air is below a first threshold.