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Please learn the proper use of "your" and "you're". Thank you. That is all.]]>Mar 21st 2007 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/20/oxygen-deprivation-systems-showcased-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/20/oxygen-deprivation-systems-showcased-at-cebit/Mar 20th 2007 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/20/oxygen-deprivation-systems-showcased-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/20/oxygen-deprivation-systems-showcased-at-cebit/Mar 20th 2007 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/20/oxygen-deprivation-systems-showcased-at-cebit/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/20/oxygen-deprivation-systems-showcased-at-cebit/
My thermodynamics is a bit rusty, though. No doubt somebody has an explanation to this.

LordJohnWhorfin: There is a grammar problem, but it's between "your" and "you're", rather than "you're" and "you are".

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The systems described in this article are what we would call "inerting," as they are deployed before there is a fire in an effort to prevent ignition from occurring. It seems like an expensive way to go, because you could deploy VESDA- (Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus) type detection systems that can detect smoking (and, in some cases, even just overheating) circuit boards, long before fire becomes a serious issue. Given that the conditions would have to be maintained as people enter and leave the room, introducing additional air, detection and suppression would probably be cheaper than maintenance of inerting. Plus, I'm not sure I'd want to work in a reduced-oxygen atmosphere, day-in and day-out.

The image seems to tell a slightly different story than the article; instead of protecting the entire space, it appears that the oxygen concentration may be reduced only within volume of the equipment. That would reduce the maintenance burden and would make the room a more pleasant place in which to work (relatively). Given that the equipment is what you want to protect, anyway, and is the most likely source of the fire (along with underfloor cabling, I suppose), perhaps this would be a nice balance.

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