Method for siting detectors within a facility

DWPI Title: Sitting method for one or more detectors of hazardous biological or chemical agent in multi-zone facility e.g. airport, involves selecting candidate architecture based on determined robust limiting case signal of candidate architecture
Abstract: A method, system and article of manufacture of siting one or more detectors in a facility represented with zones are provided. Signals S<SUB>i,j </SUB>representing an effect in zone j in response to a release of contaminant in zone i for one or more flow conditions are provided. A candidate architecture has one or more candidate zones. A limiting case signal is determined for each flow condition for multiple candidate architectures. The limiting case signal is a smallest system signal of multiple system signals associated with a release in a zone. Each system signal is a maximum one of the signals representing the effect in the candidate zones from the release in one zone for the flow condition. For each candidate architecture, a robust limiting case signal is determined based on a minimum of the limiting case signals. One candidate architecture is selected based on the robust limiting case signals.
Use: For sitting one or more detectors of hazardous biological or chemical agent in multi-zone facility e.g. airport.
Advantage: Maximizes the detectability of agents released within the facility.
Novelty: The method involves determining a robust limiting case signal for each candidate architecture based on a minimum value of each limiting case signal for each flow condition. One candidate architecture is selected among multiple candidate architectures based on the determined robust limiting case signal of each candidate architecture.
Filed: 5/24/2005
Application Number: US2005136077A
Tech ID: SD 8582.0
This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention.
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