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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)
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
Test28_8plasticCommodity_r1
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Multiple Item Transient Combustion Calorimetry cardboard boxes filled with polystyrene cups Cellulose, Polystyrene
1,438
2,826
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
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
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
SSEgasBurner3
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
1,268
1,019
Test14_2woodCrib_r1
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Multiple Item Transient Combustion Calorimetry wood cribs Cellulose
1,263
907
Methanol_1m_Pool_R2
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Characteristics of a 1 m Methanol Pool Fire 1 m diameter pool burner Methanol
1,243
279
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
Test7_4Pallet_r1
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Multiple Item Transient Combustion Calorimetry wood pallets and paper Cellulose
1,092
2,049
Test6_4Pallet_r1
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Multiple Item Transient Combustion Calorimetry wood pallets and paper Cellulose
1,073
1,801
Test20_4Trashcan2pallet_r1
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Multiple Item Transient Combustion Calorimetry wood pallets and plastic trashcans with paper Cellulose, Plastic
1,028
2,319
Test4_8box_r1
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Multiple Item Transient Combustion Calorimetry cardboard boxes filled with paper Cellulose
979
2,581
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
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
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
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-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
Test31_4trashCanRagsPaper_r1
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Multiple Item Transient Combustion Calorimetry plastic trashcan filled with cotton rags and paper Cellulose, Plastic
772
972
Methanol_1m_Pool_R1
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Characteristics of a 1 m Methanol Pool Fire 1 m diameter pool burner Methanol
753
282

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