An innovative fire detector, designed by KB Somov, was demonstrated in late October in Skolkovo, the international tech hub under completion on the outskirts of Moscow.
Dubbed ‘Graviton Multisensor,’ the detector is 10 times more sensitive than standard smoke detectors, according to its inventor Maxim Somov. Thus, they are supposed to be effective even in large spaces with high ceilings, such as warehouses, and work faster than any existing systems.
“They work not by detecting smoke, but by detecting the smell,” Somov told Sk.ru, the online portal of Skolkovo.
Respond to the air components around them, the detectors use an “algorithm of three parametres: carbon monoxide, which is the cause of death in 70% of fatal fires, as well as carbon dioxide and hydrogen,” said Somov.
The device also responds to temperature, but “that’s the last thing taken into account: when the temperature is going up, that’s already a serious fire, so it’s too late,” he added.
KB Somov won first prize at the Startup Village contest in 2015, and subsequently became a resident of the Skolkovo Foundation. The company makes a range of security products, ranging from burglar alarms to devices for detecting hidden occupants in cars.
The fire detector was designed and built with support from the Skolkovo Foundation. The company is currently in the process of obtaining certification for the product, a process that Somov says can take up to two years. In the meantime, KB Somov already has clients who are installing their fire detectors as a more reliable measure, in addition to certified systems already in place on the premises, he said.
This is a shortened version of an article published by Sk.ru.
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