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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)
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-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
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
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
propane_gas_burner14
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
pilot
Structure of Medium-Scale Pool Fires Round, Water-Cooled, 37 cm, Sintered-Metal Gas Burner Propane
115.1
55.4
methane_gas_burner22
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Structure of Medium-Scale Pool Fires Round, Water-Cooled, 37 cm, Sintered-Metal Gas Burner Methane
63.7
39.0
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
NGQC_6m_12Kgs
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
NRC Electrical Cabinet Experiments Box Burner Natural Gas
468
642
Test_01
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
NRC Electrical Cabinet Experiments Box Burner Natural Gas
363
543
Test_02
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
NRC Electrical Cabinet Experiments Box Burner Natural Gas
367
422
Test_03
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
NRC Electrical Cabinet Experiments Box Burner Natural Gas
154.6
171.0
Test_04
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
NRC Electrical Cabinet Experiments Box Burner Natural Gas
71.7
114.3
Test_05
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
NRC Electrical Cabinet Experiments Box Burner Natural Gas
82.2
112.8
LineBurnerCal
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
NRC Electrical Cabinet Experiments Line Burner Natural Gas
8.41
27.4
PlasticAssortIgnition
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
NRC Electrical Cabinet Experiments Plastic assortment Plastics, Natural Gas
260
477
Test_06
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
NRC Electrical Cabinet Experiments Plastic assortment Plastics, Natural Gas
175
95.4
Test_07
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
NRC Electrical Cabinet Experiments Plastic assortment Plastics, Natural Gas
200
280
Test_08
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
NRC Electrical Cabinet Experiments Box Burner Natural Gas
162.1
244

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

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