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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)
Plant_16
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Global Burning Properties of Little Bluestem, Excelsior and Douglas Fir Excelsior Excelsior
1.106
83.3
Plant_17
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Global Burning Properties of Little Bluestem, Excelsior and Douglas Fir Excelsior Excelsior
0.969
74.2
Plant_18
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Global Burning Properties of Little Bluestem, Excelsior and Douglas Fir Excelsior Excelsior
1.007
35.9
Plant_19
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Global Burning Properties of Little Bluestem, Excelsior and Douglas Fir Excelsior Excelsior
1.042
36.7
Plant_20
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Global Burning Properties of Little Bluestem, Excelsior and Douglas Fir Excelsior Excelsior
1.020
40.8
Plant_21
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Global Burning Properties of Little Bluestem, Excelsior and Douglas Fir Excelsior Excelsior
1.005
76.0
Plant_22
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Global Burning Properties of Little Bluestem, Excelsior and Douglas Fir Douglas Fir Douglas Fir
3.70
188.2
Plant_23
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Global Burning Properties of Little Bluestem, Excelsior and Douglas Fir Douglas Fir Douglas Fir
4.31
229
Acetone_02
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, 30 cm Liquid-Fuel Burner Acetone
139.4
49.4
Plant_24
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Global Burning Properties of Little Bluestem, Excelsior and Douglas Fir Bluestem Little bluestem
0.947
46.1
Plant_25
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Global Burning Properties of Little Bluestem, Excelsior and Douglas Fir Bluestem Little bluestem
1.077
47.9
Plant_26
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Global Burning Properties of Little Bluestem, Excelsior and Douglas Fir Excelsior Excelsior
2.06
75.3
Plant_27
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Global Burning Properties of Little Bluestem, Excelsior and Douglas Fir Excelsior Excelsior
3.81
171.9
Plant_28
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Global Burning Properties of Little Bluestem, Excelsior and Douglas Fir Bluestem Little bluestem
0.625
34.6
Plant_29
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Global Burning Properties of Little Bluestem, Excelsior and Douglas Fir Bluestem Little bluestem
1.33
77.1
Plant_30
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Global Burning Properties of Little Bluestem, Excelsior and Douglas Fir Bluestem Little bluestem
0.261
26.1
Plant_31
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Global Burning Properties of Little Bluestem, Excelsior and Douglas Fir Excelsior Excelsior
2.21
49.3
Plant_32
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Global Burning Properties of Little Bluestem, Excelsior and Douglas Fir Excelsior Excelsior
2.20
40.5
Plant_33
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Global Burning Properties of Little Bluestem, Excelsior and Douglas Fir Bluestem Little bluestem
0.75
30.7
Plant_34
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Global Burning Properties of Little Bluestem, Excelsior and Douglas Fir Bluestem Little bluestem
0.70
18.9

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