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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)
Test_59
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
NRC Electrical Cabinet Experiments Box Burner Natural Gas
308
231
Test_60
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
NRC Electrical Cabinet Experiments Box Burner Natural Gas
364
316
Test_61
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
NRC Electrical Cabinet Experiments Box Burner Natural Gas
103.9
251
Test_62
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
NRC Electrical Cabinet Experiments Box Burner Natural Gas
39.7
202
Test_63
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
NRC Electrical Cabinet Experiments Box Burner Natural Gas
490
371
Test_64
Plot of Fire Heat Release Rate with event markers. Uncertainty bar shown at peak value.
Ignition
NRC Electrical Cabinet Experiments Box Burner Natural Gas
176
362
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
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
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

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