Fire and Explosion Facilities

Our students have access to outstanding resources including our major academic research library, laboratories and computing facilities. The experimental fire and explosion research facilities include

- one of the largest indoor explosion research facilities world-wide for gas and dust explosions vessels (up to 50 m3)

- well equipped compartment fire rig (5 m3), with controlled air supply

- an indicative (1m3) standard fire resistance testing furnace

- a cone calorimeter (standard and modified)

- a Purser toxicity furnace

- online / real time FTIR gas analysis capability which can be used with any of the above equipment

- extensive analytical laboratories (including, TGA, GC-MS etc)

A theoretical team is also very active with a strong on modelling fire and explosion phenomena with access to zone and CFD modeling packages in both the fire and the explosion area.