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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)
FEWC521
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Wildland Urban Interface Fire Smoke Characterization Wood Crib Generic
447
209
FEWC522
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Wildland Urban Interface Fire Smoke Characterization Wood Crib Generic
66.1
128.4
FEWC623
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Wildland Urban Interface Fire Smoke Characterization Wood Crib Generic
513
112.1
FEWC624
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Wildland Urban Interface Fire Smoke Characterization Wood Crib Generic
437
236
FEWC725
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Wildland Urban Interface Fire Smoke Characterization Wood Crib Generic
498
66.0
FEWC726
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Sample
Wildland Urban Interface Fire Smoke Characterization Wood Crib Generic
8.42
67.4
FEWC827
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Sample
Wildland Urban Interface Fire Smoke Characterization Wood Crib Generic
103.5
24.0
FEWC828b
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Sample
Wildland Urban Interface Fire Smoke Characterization Wood Crib Generic
88.0
81.1
FEWC829
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Sample
Wildland Urban Interface Fire Smoke Characterization Wood Crib Generic
88.8
69.0
FEWC930
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Sample
Wildland Urban Interface Fire Smoke Characterization Wood Crib Generic
307
267
FEWC931
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Sample
Wildland Urban Interface Fire Smoke Characterization Wood Crib Generic
313
269
FEWC932
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Sample
Wildland Urban Interface Fire Smoke Characterization Wood Crib Generic
58.4
82.2
Tree01
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees 12 ft Douglas Fir Tree Cellulose
169
7,536
Tree02
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees 12 ft Douglas Fir Tree Cellulose
160
12,546
Tree03
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees 14 ft Douglas Fir Tree Cellulose
154
8,969
Tree04
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees 14 ft Douglas Fir Tree Cellulose
218
13,668
Tree05
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees 18 ft Douglas Fir Tree Cellulose
594
36,611
Tree06
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees 18 ft Douglas Fir Tree Cellulose
622
42,066
Vehicle1
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Vehicles on Pine Straw Bed Compact Vehicle Generic
7,139
5,039
Vehicle2
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Vehicles on Pine Straw Bed Minivan Vehicle Generic
9,327
11,312

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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