SFPE classic paper review: A review of classic work by Dr William J. Parker on heat release rate measurements by oxygen consumption

Thompson NJ Cousins EW . The FM construction materials calorimeter. Quarterly of the National Fire Protection Association. Vol. 52, No. 3, Boston: MA, January 1959.

Emmons HW . A U. S. Program of Fire Research. Quarterly of the National Fire Protection Association. Vol. 52, No. 3, Boston: MA, January 1959.

Smith EE . Heat release rate of building materials. Philadelphia, PA: STP502, American Society for Testing and Materials 1971.

Parker WJ Long ME . Development of a heat release rate calorimeter at NBS. Philadelphia, PA: STP502, American Society for Testing and Materials, 1971.

American Society for Testing and Materials. Standard test method for surface burning characteristics of building materials. Philadelphia, PA: ASTM E 84-70, American Society for Testing and Materials, 1970.

Thornton WM . The relation of oxygen to the heat of combustion of organic compounds”. Philosophical Magazine 1917; 33: 196–203.

Huggett C . Oxygen consumption calorimetry. Fall Technical Meeting on Chemical and Physical Processes in Combustion, Combustion Institute/Eastern States Section, Pittsburgh, PA, December 1978.

Beason DG Alvares NJ . Variations in the burning characteristics of low porosity cribs. Combustion Institute/Western States Section, Spring 1977.

Parker WJ . An investigation of the fire environment in the ASTM E 84 tunnel test. NBS Technical Note 945, National Bureau of Standards, August 1977.

Sensenig DL Parker WJ . New concept for rate of heat release measurements by oxygen consumption. The Combustion Institute/Eastern Section, Pittsburgh, PA, December 1978.

Babrauskas V Lawson JR Walton WD Twilley WH . Upholstered furniture heat release rates measured with a furniture calorimeter. Gaithersburg, MD: NBSIR 82-2604. National Bureau of Standards, 1982.

Babrauskas V . Development of the cone calorimeter – A bench-scale heat release rate apparatus based on oxygen consumption. Gaithersburg, MD: NBSIR 82-2611. National Bureau of Standards, 1982.

Twilley WH Babrauskas V . User’s guide for the cone calorimeter. NBS Special Publication 745. Gaithersburg MD. National Bureau of Standards, 1988.

American Society for Testing and Materials. E1354-04, Standard test method for heat and visible smoke release rates for materials and products using an oxygen consumption calorimeter. West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM International, 2007.