Today with the increasing electronification of mobile solutions like cars, the storage of Li-ion batteries requires extra attention because of the risk associated with the batteries storage. The possibility of aging, can lead to a difficult fire to control. The best way is to avoid this and have an early detection system.
An extinguishing system is ‘The last line of Defense’. Various forms of extinguishing do not give the desired result with a Li-Ion fire/thermal runaway. In addition, early precision detection is therefore also of crucial importance. Contamination to a pre-determined location/environment can then take place early so that the cause can be removed and the risk can be eliminated.
“The last line of defense”
Using the fiber optic heat detector DTSX1, however, not only achieves early discovery which has been difficult up till now by point sensors but also resolves issues such as longer work periods of installation, initial expenses and increased maintenance cost. This averts unexpected shutdowns and helps ensure stable operation.
The fiber optic heat detector DTSX1 can comprehensively monitor all shelves as fiber optic cable is installed even in large individual shelves.
This is being adopted as a new means of resolving issues such as a longer construction period, initial expenses and increased maintenance costs resulting from the use of point sensors. It can be flexibly configured and set to suit on-site environments as a means of detecting abnormal temperature in a way different from that of point sensors as it supports a difference with external thermometer alarm in addition to simple upper limit and rate-of-change alarms.
This leads to discovery at an early stage and a quick initial response which limits damage to a minimum.
What is DTSX1?
DTSX1 is a fiber optic based linear heat detector that specifically developed for fire prevention and fire detection on large facilities and infrastructure such as tunnels and warehouses. DTSX1 analyzes the temperature data with high accuracy by measuring with fiber optic sensor cable and perform high temperature heat detection. It stores the alarm functions required for heat detection in one box.
DTSX conforms to EN54-22 the EU fire detection and fire alarm system standard. And it is currently used as a fire detection sensor. And is being adopted in automatic physical distribution warehouses lithium-ion battery production processes and in various other applications.
Sensing Fiber Cable
The temperature sensor is a standard multi-mode optical fiber.
The fiber optic cable is passive in nature. And it has no individual sensing points and therefore can be manufactured based on standard telecoms fibers. This offers excellent economies of scale, special in warehouse where you have many shelves. Because the system designer/integrator does not have to worry about the precise location of each sensing point the cost for designing. And installing a sensing system based on distributed fiber optic sensors is greatly reduced from that of traditional sensors.
Additionally, because the sensing cable has no moving parts, an in-service life of +30 years is not unrealistic. Maintenance and operation costs are also considerably less than for conventional sensors.
Integrated monitoring solutions
For integrated monitoring purposes The DTSX1 can be easy interface with HMI and/or SCADA applications.
e.g with GA10 HMI and data acquisition software enables you to build an HMI/data acquisition system without programming. They are designed for maximum compatibility with Yokogawa DTSX1.
Or use or CI Server SCADA solution or comprehensive, fully integrated SCADA applications. Powerful and flexible, CI server gives you a complete overview of the Warehouse temperature monitor system. Including advanced graphics, full alarm management function and longtime data storage.
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