NIST Technical Note 1603

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.  A text version of this list can be found here.

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 at 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.

 

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