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Technical Note 1603 Explanation
Experimental Study of the Effects of Fuel Type, Fuel Distributions, and Vent Size on Full-Scale Underventilated Compartment Fires in an ISO 9705 Room
This is an explanation of the variable names used in the data files.
| Variable Name | Explanation |
| Time | Time from the ignition of the fire |
| O2Front | Dry Oxygen volume fraction at front sample location |
| CO2Front | Dry Carbon Dioxide volume fraction at front sample location |
| COFront | Dry Carbon Monoxide volume fraction at front sample location |
| UHFront | Dry Unburnt Hydrocarbon volume fraction at front sample location |
| TFSampPtRh | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type R Thermocouple at front sample location |
| O2Rear | Dry oxygen volume fraction at rear sample location |
| CO2Rear | Dry Carbon Dioxide volume fraction at rear sample location |
| CORear | Dry Carbon Monoxide volume fraction at rear sample location |
| UHRear | Dry Unburnt Hydrocarbon volume fraction at rear sample |
| TRSampPtRh | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type R Thermocouple at rear sample location |
| O2Move | Dry Oxygen volume fraction at the movable probe location |
| CO2Move | Dry Carbon Dioxide volume fraction at the movable probe location |
| COMove | Dry Carbon Monoxide volume fraction at the movable probe location |
| UHMove | Dry Unburnt Hydrocarbon volume fraction at the movable probe location |
| TRMoveSamp | Temperature in degrees Celsius of aspirated Type K thermocouple at movable probe location |
| Zmove | Vertical location of the movable sample probe |
| HFRFL | Heat Flux in kW/m^2 at the rear floor location |
| HFFFL | Heat Flux in kW/m^2 at the front floor location |
| HFOFL | Heat Flux in kW/m^2 outside the door of the enclosure |
| HFRCE | Heat Flux in kW/m^2 at the rear ceiling location |
| HFCCE | Heat Flux in kW/m^2 at the center ceiling location |
| HFFCE | Heat Flux in kW/m^2 at the front ceiling location |
| THFRFL | Temperature of the Heat Flux gauge in degrees Celsius at the rear floor location |
| THFFFL | Temperature of the Heat Flux gauge in degrees Celsius in the front floor location |
| THFOFL | Temperature of the Heat Flux gauge in degrees Celsius outside the door of the enclosure |
| THFRCE | Temperature of the Heat Flux gauge in degrees Celsius at the rear ceiling location |
| THFCCE | Temperature of the Heat Flux gauge in degrees Celsius at the center ceiling location |
| THFFCE | Temperature of the Heat Flux gauge in degrees Celsius at the front ceiling location |
| TSHFRFL | Temperature of the enclosure surface near the Heat Flux gauge in degrees Celsius at the rear floor location |
| TSHFFFL | Temperature of the enclosure surface near the Heat Flux gauge in degrees Celsius at the front floor location |
| TSHFOFL | Temperature of the enclosure surface near the Heat Flux gauge in degrees Celsius outside the door of the enclosure |
| TSHFRCE | Temperature of the enclosure surface near the Heat Flux gauge in degrees Celsius at the rear ceiling location |
| TSHFCCE | Temperature of the enclosure surface near the Heat Flux gauge in degrees Celsius at the center ceiling location |
| TSHFFCE | Temperature of the enclosure surface near the Heat Flux gauge in degrees Celsius at the front ceiling location |
| TSXHFRFL | Temperature of the external enclosure surface near the Heat Flux gauge in degrees Celsius at the rear floor location |
| TSXHFFFL | Temperature of the external enclosure surface near the Heat Flux gauge in degrees Celsius at the front floor location |
| TSXHFRCE | Temperature of the external enclosure surface near the Heat Flux gauge in degrees Celsius at the rear ceiling location |
| TSXHFCCE | Temperature of the external enclosure surface near the Heat Flux gauge in degrees Celsius at the center ceiling location |
| TSXHFFCE | Temperature of the external enclosure surface near the Heat Flux gauge in degrees Celsius at the front ceiling location |
| Mass1 | Mass measurement of pan burner at position 1 (center of room) |
| Mass2 | Mass measurement of pan burner at position 2 (rear center of room) |
| TR3 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in rear thermocouple tree at 3 cm above the floor |
| TR30 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in rear thermocouple tree at 30 cm above the floor |
| TR60 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in rear thermocouple tree at 60 cm above the floor |
| TR90 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in rear thermocouple tree at 90 cm above the floor |
| TR105 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in rear thermocouple tree at 105 cm above the floor |
| TR120 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in rear thermocouple tree at 120 cm above the floor |
| TR135 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in rear thermocouple tree at 135 cm above the floor |
| TR150 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in rear thermocouple tree at 150 cm above the floor |
| TR180 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in rear thermocouple tree at 180 cm above the floor |
| TR210 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in rear thermocouple tree at 210 cm above the floor |
| TR237 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in rear thermocouple tree at 237 cm above the floor |
| TF3 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in front thermocouple tree at 3 cm above the floor |
| TF30 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in front thermocouple tree at 30 cm above the floor |
| TF60 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in front thermocouple tree at 60 cm above the floor |
| TF90 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in front thermocouple tree at 90 cm above the floor |
| TF105 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in front thermocouple tree at 105 cm above the floor |
| TF120 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in front thermocouple tree at 120 cm above the floor |
| TF135 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in front thermocouple tree at 135 cm above the floor |
| TF150 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in front thermocouple tree at 150 cm above the floor |
| TF180 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in front thermocouple tree at 180 cm above the floor |
| TF210 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in front thermocouple tree at 210 cm above the floor |
| TF237 | Temperature in degrees Celsius of bare bead Type K thermocouple in front thermocouple tree at 237 cm above the floor |
| CalCo | Dry Carbon Dioxide volume fraction at the calorimetry measurement in the hood |
| CalCO2 | Dry Carbon Monoxide volume fraction at the calorimetry measurement in the hood |
| CalO2 | Dry Oxygen volume fraction at the calorimetry measurement in the hood |
| IHRR | Complete combustion heat release rate in kW based on the liquid pump flow rate for sprayed liquid fuels gas flow meter for gaseous fuels and mass loss rate for solid fuels and liquid fuels burned in a pan. |
| HRR2 | Measured Heat Release Rate in kW |
| YsootF | Wet Soot mass fraction at the front sample location |
| zloc | Location in Z-direction in cm of movable probe at any given time. |
Created January 6, 2012, Updated January 6, 2017