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Engineering Laboratory / Fire Research Division

National Fire Research Laboratory

FCD Experiments

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Experiment Name Plot of Heat Release Rate Ignition Photo Date/Time Project Specimen Fuel Type Total Heat Released (MJ) Peak HRR (kW)
NGQC_9m_25kgs_5MW
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Natural Gas Confirmation Burner tube burner Natural Gas
4,235
5,141
NGQC_9m_40kgs_8MW
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Natural Gas Confirmation Burner tube burner Natural Gas
5,203
9,151
NGQC_9m_50kgs_8MW
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Natural Gas Confirmation Burner tube gas burner Natural Gas
4,064
8,454
NGQC_9m_50kgs_8MWa
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Natural Gas Confirmation Burner tube gas burner Natural Gas
4,832
8,337
NGQC_9m_50kgs_8MW_R3pos
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Natural Gas Confirmation Burner Tube Burner Natural Gas
4,816
8,413
NG_Ver_2MW_16kgs
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Natural Gas Confirmation Burner tube burner Natural Gas
1,329
2,050
OSB03b_MildFire
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Kitchen Room Fire Box Burner with Target Wall Natural Gas
1,448
1,852
OSB04b_ISOFire
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Kitchen Room Fire Box Burner with Target Wall Natural Gas
4,803
2,156
OSB05b_MildFire
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Kitchen Room Fire Box Burner with Target Wall Natural Gas
1,430
1,793
Propane Burner Check
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Fire Barriers in Full-Scale Chair Mock-ups gas tube burner Propane
3.22
24.3
S01_ISOburn1
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Kitchen Room Fire Box Burner with Target Wall Natural Gas
1,852
1,508
S03b_MildFire
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Kitchen Room Fire Box Burner with Target Wall Natural Gas
1,439
1,822
S05b_MildFire
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Kitchen Room Fire Box Burner with Target Wall Natural Gas
1,442
1,865
S06b_MildFire
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Kitchen Room Fire Box Burner with Target Wall Natural Gas
1,452
1,879
SB02-ISOburn3
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Kitchen Room Fire Box Burner with Target Wall Natural Gas
2,001
1,422
SB03b_MildFire
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Kitchen Room Fire Box Burner with Target Wall Natural Gas
1,395
1,792
SB04b_ISOFire
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Kitchen Room Fire Box Burner with Target Wall Natural Gas
4,167
1,402
SSEgasBurner0
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind box burner Natural Gas
311
418
SSEgasBurner1
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind box burner Natural Gas
742
713
SSEgasBurner2
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind box burner Natural Gas
712
630

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