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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)
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
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
1B-WC00-0
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind Wood Shed Cellulose
772
2,784
1B-SVSh0-5_R1
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind Steel Shed Wood Cribs Cellulose
956
3,123
1B-SVSh0-5
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind Steel Shed Wood Cribs Cellulose
780
2,711
1B-SCh0-0
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind Steel Shed Wood Cribs Cellulose
1,170
1,404
1B-SCl0-0
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind Steel Shed Wood Cribs Cellulose
601
896
1B-WCl0-0
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind Wood Shed Wood Cribs Cellulose
688
3,381
1B-PCl0
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind PP Shed Wood Cribs Polypropylene and Cellulose
1,542
3,220
1B-SCl0
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind Steel Shed Wood Cribs Cellulose
684
915
1B-WCl0
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind Wood Shed Wood Cribs Cellulose
1,456
4,011
1B-SVSh0
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind Steel Shed Wood Cribs Cellulose
1,997
2,216
1B-WVSh0
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind Wood Shed Wood Cribs Cellulose
3,178
4,759
1B-PVSh0
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind HDPE Shed Wood Cribs HDPE and Cellulose
4,197
6,024
1B-WCh0-R2
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind Wood Shed Wood Cribs Cellulose
2,094
3,874
1B-WCh0-R1
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind Wood Shed Wood Cribs Cellulose
2,064
3,933
1B-WCh0
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure Separation Experiments: Shed Burns without Wind Wood Shed Wood Cribs Cellulose
2,110
4,171
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
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

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