In-computer fire suppression
View Patent ↗In-computer fire suppression, the computer comprising an in-computer flame detector and an in-computer fire extinguisher including detecting, by an in-computer flame detector, a flame, releasing, by the in-computer fire extinguisher, an extinguishing agent in response to the flame detector detecting the flame; and disabling the power supply to the computer having within it the in-computer flame detector and the in-computer fire extinguisher.
1. Apparatus for in-computer fire suppression, the apparatus comprising:
a flame detector located within the enclosure of a computer; and
a fire extinguisher located within the enclosure of the computer configured to propel an extinguishing agent on a predetermined portion of a circuit board of the computer in response to the flame detector detecting flame.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a fire suppression module configured to receive, from the in-computer flame detector, a flame event; send, an instruction to an in-computer fire extinguisher to release an extinguishing agent in response to detecting the flame; and disable the power supply to the computer.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the fire extinguisher is a stored pressure fire extinguisher.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the fire extinguisher is a cartridge-operated fire extinguisher.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the server comprises a blade server.
6. A computer program product for in-computer fire suppression, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable storage medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions capable, when executed, of causing a computer to carry out the steps of:
receiving, from an in-computer flame detector located within the enclosure of a computer, a flame event;
sending an instruction to an in-computer fire extinguisher located within the enclosure of the computer to release an extinguishing agent on a predetermined portion of a circuit board of the computer; and
disabling the power supply to the computer.
7. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein the flame event further comprises a notification that light having wavelengths in a predetermined range of infrared light was detected.
8. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein the flame event further comprises a notification that light having wavelengths in a predetermined range of ultraviolet light was detected.
9. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein sending an instruction to an in-computer fire extinguisher to release an extinguishing agent in response to detecting the flame further comprises sending an instruction to release a stored pressure unit containing the extinguishing agent.
10. The computer program product of claim 6 wherein sending an instruction to an in-computer fire extinguisher to release an extinguishing agent in response to detecting the flame further comprises sending an instruction to puncture a cartridge containing the extinguishing agent.