Product Overview
TM40/40U Rev. (Af), February 2019
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2.5.1.3
Other Fuels
The detector reacts to other types of fire as follows:
•
The baseline fire refers to n-heptane 1ft
2
/0.1m
2
and is defined as 100%
sensitivity.
•
For fuel fire
–
standard pan fire size: 1ft
2
/0.1m
2
.
•
For gas flame
–
30
”/
0.75m high, 10
”/
0.25m width plume fire.
•
Maximum Response Time: 10 sec.
Table 3: Fuel Sensitivity Ranges
Type of Fuel
Max. Distance (ft/m)
40/40U and UB
Gasoline
50/15
N-Heptane
50/15
Methane
1
43/13
LPG
1
43/13
Hydrogen
1
39/12
JP5
37/11
Kerosene
37/11
Diesel Fuel
37/11
Ethanol 95%
37/11
IPA
37/11
Polypropylene
33/10
Methanol
25/7.5
Silane
2
22/7
Paper
20/6
1
30
”/
0.75m high, 10
”/
0.25m width plume fire
2
20”/0.5m high, 8”/0.2m width plume fire