Various concepts are provided for suppressing a fire condition in an aircraft. In one embodiment, the presence of a fire condition in an aircraft is detected. After such a detection, extinguishing agents can be dispensed and/or certain areas of the aircraft can be depressurized.

Various concepts are provided for suppressing a fire condition in an aircraft. In one embodiment, the presence of a fire condition in an aircraft is detected. After such a detection, extinguishing agents can be dispensed and/or certain areas of the aircraft can be depressurized.

Various concepts are provided for suppressing a fire condition in an aircraft. In one embodiment, the presence of a fire condition in an aircraft is detected. After such a detection, extinguishing agents can be dispensed and/or certain areas of the aircraft can be depressurized.

A vehicle for use with an object handling system, the object handling system including two substantially perpendicular sets of rails forming a first grid, a plurality of first uprights supporting the first grid, a plurality of containers arranged in stacks, each stack being located underneath the first grid, one or more robotic load handling devices configured to drive on top of the rails of the first grid, the one or more load handling devices including means for removing or replacing at least one container from the stacks. The vehicle includes two substantially perpendicular sets of rails forming a second grid substantially at the top of the vehicle above a storage space for carrying containers. The second grid interfaces with the first grid to allow the one or more load handling devices to drive from the rails of the first grid onto the rails of the second grid.

There is provided a casing assembly for a gas turbine engine comprising: a casing and electrically conductive intumescent material extending around the casing. The intumescent material is being activatable in response to electrical current to expand. The casing assembly comprises an electrical activation line extending around the casing to activate the intumescent material. The activation line extends in a pattern such that an activation area which circumscribes the activation line has an axial extent of at least 50% of the casing and a circumferential extent of at least 50%, to thereby activate the intumescent material at multiple locations over a corresponding area of the casing.

An energy storage system includes a battery module including a plurality of battery cells, a battery rack supporting the battery module, a detector configured to detect at least one of a change in temperature or a change in size of the battery module, and a fire extinguisher configured to spray a fire extinguishing agent on the battery module based on data detected from the detector.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for preventing the spread of damage due to a fire in an electric vehicle charging station in a building parking lot in a communication system. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus in which, when a fire is detected in one charging station of a plurality of electric vehicle charging stations installed in a building parking lot in a communication system, the charging station is closed, and a plurality of charging systems cooperate with each other to provide an optimal escape route as well as position information of the origin of the fire and a warning according to a fire situation, thereby minimizing the spread of damage and quickly responding to the fire.

There is described an actuator for a damper comprising an electrical circuit, a cable coupled to the electrical circuit, a lower housing supporting the electrical circuit, and an upper housing coupled to the lower housing. The electrical circuit controls positions of the damper. The cable provides power and control to the electrical circuit. The lower housing includes a first trough and a second trough to provide support for the cable in a first direction. The upper housing includes a first protuberance and a second protuberance to provide support for the cable in a second direction. The first and second protuberances are positioned offset from the first and second troughs of the lower housing.

A fire shutter control system and a fire shutter control method capable of effectively controlling a fire shutter in the event of a fire in a building are provided. The fire shutter control system may include a fire detector configured to detect a fire outbreak and generate a fire signal in the event of a fire; a fire shutter controller configured to apply a control signal to a fire shutter to enable a drive motor for operating the fire shutter to operate when the fire signal is generated by the fire detector; and a power supply unit configured to supply power to the fire detector, the fire shutter controller, and the drive motor for operating the fire shutter.

The present invention discloses a thermal runaway monitoring and early warning system and method for a power lithium ion battery in a transport case. The system includes a monitoring unit, a data processing unit, a data transmission unit, a power supply unit, a display unit, and the like. The monitoring unit contains infrared array temperature sensors, gas sensors, smoke sensors, and pressure sensors, which are arranged using a distributed scheme to monitor the inside of the transport case. The data transmission unit sends early warning information to a terminal. According to a multi-information monitoring-based thermal runaway early warning method under different transport conditions, different transport condition data and data of the battery in the transport case are fused. A clustering algorithm and an ensemble learning algorithm are involved, and a lithium ion battery thermal runaway risk level is quantified, thereby improving the early warning accuracy.