Distribution analysis of the fire severity characteristics of single passenger road vehicles using heat release rate data

Mohd Tohir, Mohd Zahirasri; Spearpoint, Michael

doi:10.1186/2193-0414-2-5

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Table 5 Passenger car : light

From: Distribution analysis of the fire severity characteristics of single passenger road vehicles using heat release rate data

ID	Vehicle make and model	Vehicle year	Curb weight (kg)	Facility type	Condition	Ignition source	Ignition location	Incipient stage	Mass loss rate	Carbon emission/Product consumption	Heat release rate evaluation method	Smoke production	Reference and experiment date (ED)/report submitted (RS)/date published (DP)
L1	Datsun 160 J Sedan	Late 1970s	918	Open calorimeter	All doors closed, left front window completely open, other windows rolled down 5 cm	3 L of heptane in open tray	Under the engine	Included	Y	Y (CO & CO₂ production)	Oxygen depletion	Y	(Mangs and Keski-Rahkonen 1994)
L1	Datsun 160 J Sedan	Late 1970s	918	Open calorimeter		3 L of heptane in open tray	Under the engine	Included	Y	Y (CO & CO₂ production)	Oxygen depletion	Y	RS 6 May 1993
L2	Ford Taurus	Late 1970s	990	Open Calorimeter	Left door 10 cm ajar with the window completely open, right door closed with window rolled down 5 cm	1.5 L of heptane in open tray	Under left front seat	Included	Y	Y (CO & CO₂ production)	Oxygen depletion	Y	(Mangs and Keski-Rahkonen 1994) RS 6 May 1993
L3	Citroen BX 16 RE	1970s or 1980s	1067	Room Calorimeter	Slight gap at top of windows	250 mL isopropanol	Front seat	Unclear	N	N	Convective calorimetry	N	(Steinert 2000) ED 1998
L4	Datsun 180B Sedan	Late 1970s	1102	Open Calorimeter	All doors closed, left front window completely open, other windows rolled down 5 cm	3 L of heptane in open tray	Under the engine	Included	Y	Y (CO & CO₂ production)	Oxygen depletion	Y	(Mangs and Keski-Rahkonen 1994) RS 6 May 1993
L5	Austin Maestro	1982	915-950	Rail shuttle car	Driver and front passenger side windows completely open	No.7 wood crib (peak HRR of about 10 kW)	On front seat	Included	N	N	Oxygen depletion	N	(Shipp and Spearpoint 1995) ED 18 Feb 1991
L6	Citroen BX 14 RE	1986	930	Rail shuttle car	Driver and front passenger side windows completely open	400 mL gasoline in foil tray (100 mL spilled)	Engine compartment under hood	Unclear	N	N	Oxygen depletion	N	(Shipp and Spearpoint 1995) ED 18 Feb 1991
L7	Peugeot 309	Undetermined, available from 1985 - 1993	880-975	Parking garage	N/A	N/A	N/A	Unclear	Y	N	Mass loss	N	(Van Oerle et al. 1999) DP 5 Nov 1999

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