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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)
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
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
15minRamp_R1
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
5,047
8,034
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
CB-42-DA-4MW
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
data sync marc
Steel-Concrete Composite Floor Systems Subject to Fire, Phase 1 Three box burners Natural Gas
10,980
4,182
15minRamp_R2
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
4,850
7,980
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
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
CB-42-DA-SC-4MW
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 1 Three box burners Natural Gas
17,069
4,184
60minRamp_R1
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
37,631
10,317
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
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
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
BSEE_Test_001
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
gravel burner Methane
18.4
39.1
BSEE_Test_002
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
gravel burner Methane
2.24
44.0
Test29_Kydex_R1
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Vertical Upward Flamespread on Parallel Panels 1/4" thick, 24" wide, 96" tall panels of Kydex Kydex (PVC-acrylic copolymer)
111
1,060
Test30_Kydex_R2
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Vertical Upward Flamespread on Parallel Panels 1/4" thick, 24" wide, 96" tall panels of Kydex Kydex (PVC-acrylic copolymer)
182
1,070
Test56_HIPS_R4
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Vertical Upward Flamespread on Parallel Panels 1/4" thick, 24" wide, 96" tall panels of HIPS High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)
513
3,173
Test52_HIPS_R3
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Vertical Upward Flamespread on Parallel Panels 1/4" thick, 24" wide, 96" tall panels of HIPS High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)
535
3,094
Test45_HIPS_R1
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Vertical Upward Flamespread on Parallel Panels 1/4" thick, 24" wide, 96" tall panels of HIPS High Impact Polystyrene (HIPS)
509
2,955

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