Infrastructure and Instrumentation

Burn Chamber

Environmental Control

  • Hot-wire anemometer
  • Temperature and humidity

Capture and Broadcast

  • Chamber webcam
  • 4 - camera angles for observation

Monitoring

Atmospheric

  • Licor CO2/H2O sensor
  • NOx Box (on loan via Wildland Fire Partnership)
  • CO USB plugs (x2)
  • FTIR
  • Flow rate control pumps (x2)

Thermal

  • Muffle furnace
  • Thermocouples (type-K x10)
  • 8-channel thermocouple logger
  • dual-band infrared radiometers (0.15 – 11 mm and 6.5 - 20 mm)

Fuels Characterization

  • High precision balances
    • Sartorius EB Series scale (60 kg at 2 g precision)
    • Sartorius CPA Balance (5200 g at 0.1g precision)
    • Sartorius CPA Balance (2200 g at 0.01g precision)
    • Sartorius AZ Balance (120 g at 0.001g precision)
  • Environmental Chamber for fuel moisture regulation
  • Drying oven