Item Tested |
Description |
Main Material |
Mass Fraction, Yi |
First Material to Ignite |
Total Weight (kg) |
Burning Characteristics |
Reference |
Flammable Mass (kg) |
HRRMAX (kW) |
ΔHC (MJ/kg) |
| Artificial Plant |
Plant was approximately 1 m tall. Plant was a small bushy palm tree. Palm leaves were treated with glycerine mounted on an artifical stem. Ignition Source: Match (Test 10) |
Polyester |
1.00 |
X |
|
|
185 |
|
Sardqvist, Stefan. "Initial Fires: RHR, Smoke Production and CO Generation from Single Items and Room Fire Tests." Lund University: Lund, Sweden, April 1993. |
| Artificial Plant |
Plant was approximately 1 m tall. Plant was a tall, slim palm tree. Palm leaves were treated with glycerine mounted on an artifical stem. Ignition Source: Match (Test 11) |
Polyester |
1.00 |
X |
|
|
35 |
|
Sardqvist, Stefan. "Initial Fires: RHR, Smoke Production and CO Generation from Single Items and Room Fire Tests." Lund University: Lund, Sweden, April 1993. |
| Artificial Plant |
Plant was approximately 1 m tall. Plant was a Ficus Benjamina. Plant had polyester treated textile leaves mounted on a natural stem. Ignition Source: Gas Burner (Test 12) |
Polyester |
1.00 |
X |
|
|
7 |
|
Sardqvist, Stefan. "Initial Fires: RHR, Smoke Production and CO Generation from Single Items and Room Fire Tests." Lund University: Lund, Sweden, April 1993. |
| Kiosk |
Kiosk consisted of wood and cotton fabric. Test was conducted at Western Fire Center in 1995. Further fire data can be found at http://www.fire.nist.gov/fire/fires/kiosk/kisk.html |
Wood |
|
X |
|
|
1752.2 |
|
National Institute of Standards and Technology. "Kiosk Fire." <http://www.fire.nist.gov/fire/fires/kiosk/kisk.html> |
Cotton |
|
|
| Pallet, Wooden |
Stack of approximately 6 wooden pallets. Test conducted at BFRL in February 1996. Complete data can be found at http://www.fire.nist.gov/fire/fires/pall/pa.html |
Wood |
1.00 |
X |
|
|
1843.1 |
|
National Institute of Standards and Technology. "Wooden Pallet Fire." <http://www.fire.nist.gov/fire/fires/pall/pa.html> |
| Pallet, Wooden |
Wooden pallet holding 125 polystyrene cups packaged in compartmentad, singlewall corrugated cartons. FMRC standard plastic commodity. (Test 50) |
Polystyrene |
0.60 |
X |
6.85 |
|
|
21 |
Persson, H. "Evaluation of the RDD-measuring technique." Swedish national Testing and Research Institute. SP Report 1991:04, ISSN 0284-5172. Boras, Sweden: 1991. [Published in Stefan Sardqvist "Initial Fires: Smoke Production and Co Generation from Single Items and Room Fire Test."] |
Wood |
0.40 |
|
| Pallet, Wooden |
Wooden pallet holding polystyrene chips packaged in a singlewall corrugated cartons. CEA standard commodity. (Test 51) |
Polystyrene |
0.30 |
X |
1.145 |
|
|
13.7 |
Persson, H. "Evaluation of the RDD-measuring technique." Swedish national Testing and Research Institute. SP Report 1991:04, ISSN 0284-5172. Boras, Sweden: 1991. [Published in Stefan Sardqvist "Initial Fires: Smoke Production and Co Generation from Single Items and Room Fire Test."] |
Wood |
0.70 |
|
| Pallet, Wooden |
Wooden pallet holding polystyrene chips packaged in siglewall corrugated cartons. SCEA Swedish standard commodity. (Test 52) |
Polystyrene |
0.38 |
X |
1.12 |
|
|
12.6 |
Persson, H. "Evaluation of the RDD-measuring technique." Swedish national Testing and Research Institute. SP Report 1991:04, ISSN 0284-5172. Boras, Sweden: 1991. [Published in Stefan Sardqvist "Initial Fires: Smoke Production and Co Generation from Single Items and Room Fire Test."] |
Wood |
0.62 |
|
| Pallet, Wooden |
Wooden pallet holding polystyrene chips packaged in cartons filled 75-80%. Large SCEA Swedish standard commodity. (Test 53) |
Polystyrene |
0.45 |
X |
2.69 |
|
|
10.9 |
Persson, H. "Evaluation of the RDD-measuring technique." Swedish national Testing and Research Institute. SP Report 1991:04, ISSN 0284-5172. Boras, Sweden: 1991. [Published in Stefan Sardqvist "Initial Fires: Smoke Production and Co Generation from Single Items and Room Fire Test."] |
Wood |
0.55 |
|
| Pallet, Wooden |
Single wooden pallet with PET bottles in 36 crates (Swedish standard bottle). Crates were made from plastic and contained 6 bottles. (Test 59) |
Polyethene |
|
X |
83.2 |
|
|
|
Arvidson, M. and H. Persson. "Sprinkling av PETflaskor." Brand & Raddning, pp 26 -27. ISSN 0283 -1155. Katrineholm, Sweden: 1993. [Published in Stefan Sardqvist "Initial Fires: Smoke Production and Co Generation from Single Items and Room Fire Test."] |
Wood |
|
|
| Pallet, Wooden |
Double row steel rack wooden pallets holding 36 crates with PET bottles. (Test 60) Sprinklers used in test - HRR data given until sprinkler activation. |
Polyethene |
|
X |
83.2 |
|
|
|
Arvidson, M. and H. Persson. "Sprinkling av PETflaskor." Brand & Raddning, pp 26 -27. ISSN 0283 -1155. Katrineholm, Sweden: 1993. [Published in Stefan Sardqvist "Initial Fires: Smoke Production and Co Generation from Single Items and Room Fire Test."] |
Wood |
|
|
| Trash Bags |
Three plastic trash bags filled with paper. (Trash Bags) |
Plastic |
|
X |
|
|
336.4 |
|
Kim, Hyeong-Jin and David G. Lilley. "Heat Release Rates of Burning Items in Fires." AIAA 2000-0722. 38th Aerospace Sciences Meeting & Exhibit. Reno, NV. January 2000. |
Paper |
|
|
| Trash Bags (1) |
Trash bag filled with straw, grass and duff. (Test 20) |
Plastic |
|
X |
4.1 |
|
342 |
|
Babrauskas, V. "Burning Rates." The SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. pp. 2-1 to 2-15. USA: 1988. |
Straw |
|
|
| Trash Bags (3) |
Three trash bag filled with paper rubbish. (Test 21) |
Plastic |
|
X |
3.51 |
|
342 |
|
Babrauskas, V. "Burning Rates." The SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. pp. 2-1 to 2-15. USA: 1988. |
Paper |
|
|
| Trash Bags (2) |
Two trash bags filled with paper rubbish. (Test 22) |
Plastic |
|
X |
2.34 |
|
287 |
|
Babrauskas, V. "Burning Rates." The SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. pp. 2-1 to 2-15. USA: 1988. |
Paper |
|
|
| Trash Bags (1) |
Trash bag filled with paper rubbish. (Test 23) |
Plastic |
|
X |
1.14 |
|
137 |
|
Babrauskas, V. "Burning Rates." The SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. pp. 2-1 to 2-15. USA: 1988. |
Paper |
|
|
| Trash Basket, Shredded Paper |
Polyethylene basket (0.63 kg) with shredded paper (0.20 kg). Ignited with a cotton wire wetted with isopropanol. (Test 4) |
Polyethylene |
|
|
0.83 |
|
4 |
|
Ahonen, A., M. Kokkala and H. Weckman. Burning Characteristics of Potential Ignition Sources of Room Fires. Technical Research centre of Finland. Espoo, Finland. Research Report 285. June 1984. |
Paper |
|
X |
| Trash Basket, Shredded Paper |
Polyethylene basket (0.63 kg) with shredded paper (0.41 kg). Ignited with a cotton wire wetted with isopropanol. (Test 5) |
Polyethylene |
|
|
1.04 |
|
13 |
|
Ahonen, A., M. Kokkala and H. Weckman. Burning Characteristics of Potential Ignition Sources of Room Fires. Technical Research centre of Finland. Espoo, Finland. Research Report 285. June 1984. |
Paper Cartons |
|
X |
| Trash Basket, Shredded Paper |
Polyethylene basket (0.53 kg) with shredded paper (0.20 kg). Ignited with a cotton wire wetted with isopropanol. (Test 6) |
Polyethylene |
|
|
0.73 |
|
18 |
|
Ahonen, A., M. Kokkala and H. Weckman. Burning Characteristics of Potential Ignition Sources of Room Fires. Technical Research centre of Finland. Espoo, Finland. Research Report 285. June 1984. |
Paper |
|
X |
| Trash Basket, Milk Cartons |
Polyethylene basket (0.53 kg) with milk cartons (0.4 kg). Ignited with 10 ml of isopropanol. (Test 7) |
Polyethylene |
|
|
0.93 |
|
15 |
|
Ahonen, A., M. Kokkala and H. Weckman. Burning Characteristics of Potential Ignition Sources of Room Fires. Technical Research centre of Finland. Espoo, Finland. Research Report 285. June 1984. |
Paper Cartons |
|
X |
| Trash Basket, Milk Cartons |
Polyethylene basket with 12 milk cartons. (Test 13) |
Polyethylene |
|
|
|
|
79 |
|
Babrauskas, V. "Burning Rates." The SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. pp. 2-1 to 2-15. USA: 1988. |
Paper Cartons |
|
X |
