National Center for Combustion Research and Development

Indian Institute Of Technology Madras & Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore
Fire Test Enclosure

Testing and study of material flammability at various scales is performed in this lab.

To use the facilities available in this lab, please write to: nccrdiitm@gmail.com


List of some of the major equipment available in this lab:

  1. Bomb calorimeter
  2. cone calorimeter
  3. Flame propagation apparatus
  4. Open calorimeter
  5. Step PMMA status




Lab Equipments

Cone calorimeter
Test for heat and visible smoke release rates for materials up to a size of 100mm X 100mm with a peak heat release rate of 0.15 kW
Open calorimeter
Test larger and multi-component samples up to a peak heat release rate of 200kW
Featured People
Dr Mahesh Panchagnula

Professor


Dr Pushpavanam S

Professor


Featured Projects
Fire Suppression


Thermal Power


Fundamental Research


Featured Facilities

Study of combustion dynamics across various flame holding configuration and effect of fuel flexibility


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