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 The iF Awards were actually won by two separate but related products: the Aurora H1000 is a nozzle for a firefighter’s hose, while the Aurora C1 is an emergency fire sprinkler installed at ceiling. Both of these inventions operate on the same basic principle, using the energy from the flow of water to drive a turbine which then powers built-in LED lighting elements. Since the turbine-generator set is integrated within the nozzle or sprinkler, there is no need to connect to any external power source, so there are no wires, batteries, etc. The taking of power to run the turbine does reduce the water flow by about 6% for the fire hose nozzle and 1.5% for the sprinkler, but this loss is less than outweighed by the benefit of the added light function. When the light is not needed, for example when fighting fires in daylight or well-lit areas, the light can be switched off to give full power to the water spray.
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| November 15, 2010 |
| IDEA design award 2010: AURORA C2010R
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The design of this automatic sprinkler uses Fluid-Driven Illumination technology; when it is activated by fire, the water flows inside t...
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