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Table 9 Sport-utility vehicle (SUV)

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 evalution method

Smoke production

Reference and experiment date (ED)/report submitted (RS)/date published (DP)

SUV1

Ford Explorer

1998

2232

Open Calorimeter

Pass through openings under left front seat; shift lever; drain holes, left door and door sills

Pool from 350 mL/min fuel tank leak ignited at 30 s

Under vehicle (mid-body)

Included

Y

Y (CO & CO2 production)

Species-based calorimetry & other methods

Y

(Santrock 2002b)

ED 11 Jun 1998

SUV2

Ford Explorer

1998

2249

Open Calorimeter

Window openings on the left and right quarter panels; additional opening on the rear lift gate, left rear door, door frames and seams along the rear compartment floor panels

Pool from 750 mL/min fuel tank leak ignited at 30 s

Under vehicle

Included

Y

Y (CO & CO2 production)

Species-based calorimetry & other methods

Y

(Santrock 2002f)

 

ED 9 Jun 1998