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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)
Vehicle3
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Vehicles on Pine Straw Bed Compact Hybrid Vehicle Generic
7,817
8,527
PineStraw_05
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Vehicles on Pine Straw Bed Pine Straw Cellulose
329
1,596
Tree07
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees 20 ft Douglas Fir Tree Cellulose
455
26,177
Tree08
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees 20 ft Douglas Fir Tree Cellulose
324
14,511
Tree09
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees 20 ft Douglas Fir Tree Cellulose
495
27,235
Tree10
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees 20 ft Douglas Fir Tree Cellulose
517
35,474
Tree11
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees 20 ft Douglas Fir Tree Cellulose
406
26,290
Tree12
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees 20 ft Douglas Fir Tree Cellulose
616
35,537
Tree13
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees 20 ft Douglas Fir Tree Cellulose
481
28,953
Tree14
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees 20 ft Douglas Fir Tree Cellulose
550
30,051
Tree15
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees 20 ft Douglas Fir Tree Cellulose
885
39,905
Tree16
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees 20 ft Douglas Fir Tree Cellulose
445
28,389
Tree17
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees 20 ft Douglas Fir Tree Cellulose
701
38,529
Tree18
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees 20 ft Douglas Fir Tree Cellulose
753
40,662
NGQC_15m_50kgs_R3
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees Tube Burner Natural Gas
2,783
5,327
NGQC_15m_100kgs_R3
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees Tube Burner Natural Gas
8,532
22,402
NGQC_15m_100kgs_Pulse_R1
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
Design Fires - Tall Trees Tube Burner Natural Gas
2,509
21,742
Plant_50
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 Tower Cellulose
3.22
75.0
Plant_51
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 Tower Cellulose
3.43
69.4
Plant_52
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 Tower Cellulose
3.42
71.6

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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