During the development and design phase of a product, it is important to understand the flammability and fire toxicity characteristics of the product prior to manufacture or expensive standardized testing.  CSE has the capabilities to design and conduct both small- and large-scale fire tests (standardized or product-specific) to characterize material ignition, and fire growth and spread on a material.  CSE can also combine their extensive fire modeling capabilities to analyze the behavior of a product or material within a compartment. 

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Selected Experience

• Developed an advanced fire detector which combines conventional smoke detection and CO detection (US Patent No. 5,691,703).
• Investigated the effect of scale and fuel type on the radiation properties of liquid-fuel pool fires from six inches to 50 feet in diameter.
• Studied CO generation and transport in compartment fires.
• Performed full-scale analysis of the thermal performance of fire fighter turn-out gear in compartment fires.
• Determined fire properties of material through the use of small-scale testing (e.g. cone calorimeter), and via large-scale and full-scale testing.
• Performed small and large-scale study of thermal radiative transmission and window breakage of double-pane glass.
• Investigated ignition and flame spread on both adult’s and children’s clothing including children’s sleepwear.
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