Project description
New fire detectors can see the flames
Thousands of preventable fires each day in Europe cause losses in lives and cultural and natural heritage. But they are not detected in time. Commercial fire detectors go off when it is too late to intervene and control the fire. The EU-funded FIRESENSE project will develop a new sensor. Compared to incumbent vacuum tube technologies, it will be 1 000 times more sensitive, 100 times faster in response and five times lower in price, operating at lower voltages. It will use ultraviolet and infrared detection to maximise accuracy and eliminate false positives.
Fields of science
Programme(s)
Funding Scheme
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinator
NANOVATION SRL
Net EU contribution
€ 50 000,00
Address
8 Route De Chevreuse
78117 Chateaufort
France
78117 Chateaufort
France
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Region
Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Yvelines
Activity type
Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
Other funding
€ 21 429,00