Investigation of Ultraviolet Transmission Characteristics of Detecting Window in Ultraviolet Fire Detector

Ultraviolet (UV) fire detector is used to detect fire according to the ultraviolet radiation of the flame. High detecting sensitivity of the sensor requires high ultraviolet transmission property of the detecting window. In this paper, high performance JGS-1 (type name of glass) ultraviolet quartz glass is used as the sensor detecting window material and the ultraviolet transmission characteristics of the glass is studied. A new method with the smart fire detecting module to test the ultraviolet transmission parameter of quartz glass is demonstrated. The comparison results of UV spectrometer and this new method manifest that JGS-1 quartz glass has good ultraviolet transmission character and the new test method with fire detecting module is direct and feasible.