Title :
Distributed fiber optics for temperature sensing in buildings and other structures
Author :
Hurtig, Eckart ; Grosswig, S.
Author_Institution :
GESO GmbH, Jena, Germany
fDate :
31 Aug-4 Sep 1998
Abstract :
An optimized facility management and the risk assessment of buildings need a permanent up-dating of relevant data. Temperature is a key parameter to design and control air-conditioning installations; time and space variations of the temperature indicate damage situations in an early stage so that measures can be taken for damage prevention, for warning and for controlling escape routes in buildings. The fiber optic temperature sensing technique opens new possibilities and chances for permanent surveying of buildings, power supply installations, communication and data transmission systems
Keywords :
air conditioning; fibre optic sensors; optical time-domain reflectometry; risk management; temperature measurement; air-conditioning control; air-conditioning design; building risk assessment; building temperature sensing; communication systems; damage prevention; data transmission systems; distributed fiber optics; escape routes control; fiber optic temperature sensing; optical time domain reflectometry; optimized facility management; power supply installations; Backscatter; Buildings; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Risk management; Temperature control; Temperature dependence; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Electronics Society, 1998. IECON '98. Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Aachen
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4503-7
DOI :
10.1109/IECON.1998.723008
