MODIFICATION
99 -- Smart Smoke Alarm Technology Available for Licensing
- Notice Date
- 7/15/2014
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541199
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- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory - UT Battelle LLC (DOE Contractor), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Bethel Valley Road, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37831-6192
- ZIP Code
- 37831-6192
- Solicitation Number
- ORNL-TT-2014-07
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2014
- Point of Contact
- Michael J Paulus, Phone: 8655741051, Jennifer T. Caldwell, Phone: 865-574-4180
- E-Mail Address
-
paulusmj@ornl.gov, caldwelljt@ornl.gov
(paulusmj@ornl.gov, caldwelljt@ornl.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- UT-Battelle, LLC, acting under its Prime Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the management and operation of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), is seeking a commercialization partner for its new "Smart Smoke Alarm" technology. The ORNL Technology Transfer Office will accept licensing applications through September 15, 2014. ORNL researchers have developed a new smoke detector technology that allows fires to be detected faster while decreasing the number of false positives or nuisance alarms. This invention exploits the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) technology used in advanced chemical detection systems for military and civilian systems and applies it to inexpensive microcontrollers used in many standard smoke alarms to improve sensitivity and specificity. The majority of fire alarms are nuisance alarms, which cause people to disable their smoke detectors rendering them useless in the case of an actual fire. According to a 2009 survey, more than 50% of Americans admitted to having silenced a false alarm by removing the smoke detector from the wall or taking out the batteries. Additionally, construction methods and materials have increased fire growth rates and decreased the time required for safe egress from 17 minutes in 1975 to an average of 3 minutes in 2008. There has been a recent consumer trend towards higher quality smoke detectors. Many local laws now require that homes have a photoelectric smoke detector, and the National Fire Protection Agency recommends that homeowners install dual sensor alarms that are even more expensive. This suggests that there is a market need for a cost competitive smoke detector with proven performance superiority. ORNL has shown that using LDA with only a conventional photoelectric sensor can improve the alerting to smoldering fires by an average of 20 minutes compared to a conventional photoelectric alarm. When LDA was implemented in a smoke detector using three sensors (photoelectric, temperature, and carbon monoxide), the smoke detector responded to smoldering fires an average of more than 14 minutes faster than a conventional dual sensor alarm, and the number of nuisance alarms was reduced by more than 50%. License applications will be evaluated based on prospective partners' ability and commitment to successfully commercialize the technology, with a preference for United States based businesses and small businesses. If a license is executed, the ORNL researchers developing the technology will be eligible to compete for additional funding to further advance the technology. Additional background and technical information may be found on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Technology Transfer website. ( http://www.ornl.gov/connect-with-ornl/for-industry/partnerships/technology-licensing/licensing-opportunity-announcements/smart-smoke-alarm ) This technology was originally developed using federal funds and selected for further development under the laboratory's Technology Innovation Program (TIP). TIP supports technology development using royalties from existing technology licenses to accelerate the market readiness of high potential technologies. For additional information and license application, contact Mike Paulus, Director, Technology Transfer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 865-574-1051, paulusmj@ornl.gov. <h4 style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 1.2em 0px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; FONT: 1.12em/1.37em 'Droid Sans', Arial, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE: normal; COLOR: #333333; WORD-SPACING: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY UTB ID 201202979, Smart Smoke Alarm, US Patent Application 61/756,131, filed January 24, 2013.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOE/ORNL/ORNL/ORNL-TT-2014-07/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Bethel Valley Road, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 37831-6196, United States
- Zip Code: 37831-6196
- Zip Code: 37831-6196
- Record
- SN03425710-W 20140717/140716022000-34f72fac4ad36e214d2b2294575bac18 (fbodaily.com)
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