The judges awarding the prize made their choice because of Integra’s Spanish technology, which can detect fire at its earliest stage thanks to the light scattered by columns of smoke. The system is based on the emission of a coded infrared signal.
The Integra Wildfire system is a response to the search for ways to reduce the enormous cost of forest fires. This is not only economic, but also environmental and for health; such costs could be avoided if fires were found early on.
The method used by this Spanish group is very similar to that utilized by the human eye. Under normal conditions, we perceive objects because they are illuminated by light, whether from the sun or artificial sources. The engineers and technicians from Integra started to work on this automatic device based on this simple premise. Integra Wildfire sends a beam of light from an emitter with its own special characteristics. When the beam comes in contact with a solid object or particles of smoke and dust, these can be detected (by the receiver or detector) thanks to the light that is scattered at impact.
One of the system’s most noteworthy capabilities in comparison to other fire protection devices is its ability to find fires and their atmospheric contaminants right when they begin, even before there is a flame. The device generates and emits its own modulated infrared light beam of a particular wavelength, and can detect miniscule fractions of the scattered light beam thanks to triple amplification (optical, electronic and algorithmic). This is precisely why it can find fires and their byproducts when still in the early stages. While the system was designed to be used mainly in forests, it could also be utilized to detect other types of natural disasters.
Faro de Vigo/Innovamas
The judges awarding the prize made their choice because of Integra’s Spanish technology, which can detect fire at its earliest stage thanks to the light scattered by columns of smoke. The system is based on the emission of a coded infrared signal.
The Integra Wildfire system is a response to the search for ways to reduce the enormous cost of forest fires. This is not only economic, but also environmental and for health; such costs could be avoided if fires were found early on.
The method used by this Spanish group is very similar to that utilized by the human eye. Under normal conditions, we perceive objects because they are illuminated by light, whether from the sun or artificial sources. The engineers and technicians from Integra started to work on this automatic device based on this simple premise. Integra Wildfire sends a beam of light from an emitter with its own special characteristics. When the beam comes in contact with a solid object or particles of smoke and dust, these can be detected (by the receiver or detector) thanks to the light that is scattered at impact.
One of the system’s most noteworthy capabilities in comparison to other fire protection devices is its ability to find fires and their atmospheric contaminants right when they begin, even before there is a flame. The device generates and emits its own modulated infrared light beam of a particular wavelength, and can detect miniscule fractions of the scattered light beam thanks to triple amplification (optical, electronic and algorithmic). This is precisely why it can find fires and their byproducts when still in the early stages. While the system was designed to be used mainly in forests, it could also be utilized to detect other types of natural disasters.
Faro de Vigo/Innovamas
The judges awarding the prize made their choice because of Integra’s Spanish technology, which can detect fire at its earliest stage thanks to the light scattered by columns of smoke. The system is based on the emission of a coded infrared signal.
The Integra Wildfire system is a response to the search for ways to reduce the enormous cost of forest fires. This is not only economic, but also environmental and for health; such costs could be avoided if fires were found early on.
The method used by this Spanish group is very similar to that utilized by the human eye. Under normal conditions, we perceive objects because they are illuminated by light, whether from the sun or artificial sources. The engineers and technicians from Integra started to work on this automatic device based on this simple premise. Integra Wildfire sends a beam of light from an emitter with its own special characteristics. When the beam comes in contact with a solid object or particles of smoke and dust, these can be detected (by the receiver or detector) thanks to the light that is scattered at impact.
One of the system’s most noteworthy capabilities in comparison to other fire protection devices is its ability to find fires and their atmospheric contaminants right when they begin, even before there is a flame. The device generates and emits its own modulated infrared light beam of a particular wavelength, and can detect miniscule fractions of the scattered light beam thanks to triple amplification (optical, electronic and algorithmic). This is precisely why it can find fires and their byproducts when still in the early stages. While the system was designed to be used mainly in forests, it could also be utilized to detect other types of natural disasters.
Faro de Vigo/Innovamas
