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Engineering Laboratory / Fire Research Division

National Fire Research Laboratory

FCD Experiments

Search the title, description, test director, specimen, fuel type, and ignition.
Experiment Name Plot of Heat Release Rate Ignition Photo Date/Time Project Specimen Fuel Type Total Heat Released (MJ) Peak HRR (kW)
CLT_Room_Test_1-5
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Cross Laminated Timber Compartments furnished studio apartment, CLT wall Cellulose, Plastic
53,580
10,372
CLT_Room_Test_1-6
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Cross Laminated Timber Compartments furnished studio apartment, CLT wall and ceiling Cellulose, Plastic
78,200
12,910
CompositeFloorTest_No1
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Steel-Concrete Composite Floor Systems Subject to Fire, Phase 2 Four square burners Natural Gas
63,542
11,496
CompositeFloorTest_No2
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Steel-Concrete Composite Floor Systems Subject to Fire, Phase 2 Four square burners Natural Gas
86,908
12,776
CompositeFloorTest_No3
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
horn
Steel-Concrete Composite Floor Systems Subject to Fire, Phase 2 Four square burners Natural Gas
90,480
12,124
Control-Smoldering
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Fire Barriers in Full-Scale Chair Mock-ups upholstered chair mockup Polyurethane Foam
below detection limit
9.4
CornerTest1
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Cross Laminated Timber Compartments room corner mockup Cellulose, Plastic
1,522
1,624
CornerTest2
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Cross Laminated Timber Compartments room corner mockup Cellulose, Plastic
1,572
2,083
CornOil_50g_20cm_AlumiPanRepeat2
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
fuel pour
Stovetop Cooking Pan Fire Safety corn oil in 20 cm pan Corn Oil
1.447
28.2
CornOil_50g_20cm_Calphalon
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
fuel pour
Stovetop Cooking Pan Fire Safety corn oil in 20 cm pan Corn Oil
1.656
34.0
D2
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Chair mockup Composite
268
498
Dry_Pine_Tree
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Dry Tree Fire Hazard dry pine tree, upholstered chair and shelf in room corner Cellulose, Plastic
938
7,362
GasBurner_Flow25kgs_4MW
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind Tube Burner Natural Gas
2,048
4,440
GasBurner_Flow50kgs_8MW
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind Tube Burner Natural Gas
965
3,050
Gasoline_50g
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
fuel pour
Stovetop Cooking Pan Fire Safety gasoline in 20 cm pan Gasoline
2.04
21.9
HeptanePan1
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind Pool Burner Heptane
9.00
51.3
HeptanePan2
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind Pool Burner Heptane
9.43
59.7
HeptanePan3
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind Pool Burner Heptane
9.15
50.4
HeptanePoolConfirmationBurn
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
pouring fuel into pans
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind Pool Burner Heptane
362
2,487
Kitchen Room Fire
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Kitchen Room Fire kitchen room with OSB back wall Cellulose, Plastic
6,813
7,585

Bryant, R. and Bundy, M. The NIST 20 MW Calorimetry Measurement System for Large-Fire Research, Technical Note (NIST TN) 2077, 2019
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.TN.2077

NIST Fire Calorimetry Database (FCD)
https://doi.org/10.18434/mds2-2314