Miscellaneous-

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

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