Demonstration of Millimeter Wave Radar Sensing in Fire and Smoky Environments

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Beitragende

  • Aman Batra - , Universität Duisburg-Essen, Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Autor:in)
  • Andreas Prokscha - , Universität Duisburg-Essen (Autor:in)
  • Thorsten Schultze - , Universität Duisburg-Essen (Autor:in)
  • Ridha Farhoud - , Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Autor:in)
  • Michael Wiemeler - , Universität Duisburg-Essen (Autor:in)
  • Diana Gohringer - , Professur für Adaptive Dynamische Systeme (Autor:in)
  • Jan C. Balzer - , Universität Duisburg-Essen (Autor:in)
  • Thomas Kaiser - , Universität Duisburg-Essen (Autor:in)

Abstract

In emergency situations involving fire and smoke, optical and infrared sensors offer limited information due to visual obstructions and intense heat, whereas radar sensing seems to be a promising solution. Radar sensing's ability to penetrate smoke and fire is well established at microwave frequencies of sub-24 GHz. However, spatial resolution is limited at these frequencies, prompting the exploration of higher-frequency regions. Therefore, this study investigates radar sensing within the millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum, specifically in the 75-110 GHz frequency range. A vector network analyzer (VNA) based testbed in a monostatic configuration is implemented, and test cases involving the standardized generation of various smoke and flame types are examined. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technique is employed to generate a 2D map of the investigated environment. The map is explored for estimation of attenuation in signal power due to the fire. Additionally, the imaging results are analyzed for artifacts resulting from phase errors caused by flame and smoke.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel2025 International Conference on Mobile and Miniaturized Terahertz Systems, ICMMTS 2025
Herausgeber (Verlag)Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
ISBN (elektronisch)979-8-3503-6583-2
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2025
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Konferenz

Titel7th International Conference on Mobile and Miniaturized Terahertz Systems
KurztitelICM²TS 2025
Veranstaltungsnummer7
Dauer23 - 26 Februar 2025
Webseite
OrtHilton Dubai Palm Jumeirah
StadtDubai
LandVereinigte Arabische Emirate

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0003-2571-8441/work/190571650

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • fire attenuation and artifacts, look-through sensing, Millimeter wave imaging, synthetic aperture radar