Assessment methodology for the air quality impact of residential wood burning

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6321618

Lipfert, F. W.

Data from surveys of 1977-1979 indicate that firewood usage tends to vary inversely with population density, resulting in an implied limit to the density of usage. Tests of wood stoves indicate that emissions of particulates vary inversely with heat demand, such that nighttime emissions at low combustion rates may be worse than those during maximum heat demand conditions. Finally, atmospheric dispersion rates are coupled to the driving forces of space heating so that nighttime emissions tend to have a disproportionately large impact on ambient air quality. All of these factors must be considered jointly in order to perform a meaningful assessment of the air quality impacts of increased residential wood fuel use; the results indicate that in flat terrain primary ambient standards are not threatened by residential wood combustion.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA). National Center for Analysis of Energy Systems
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH00016
• OSTI ID: 6321618
• Report Number(s): BNL-29763; CONF-810674-4; ON: DE81029373
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1981 international conference on residential solid fuels, Portland, OR, USA, 1 Jun 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
WOOD BURNING APPLIANCES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
WOOD FUELS
COMBUSTION
AEROSOLS
AIR
AIR POLLUTION
AIR QUALITY
CALCULATION METHODS
COMMUNITIES
CONSUMPTION RATES
DISPERSIONS
HOUSES
INVENTORIES
PARTICULATES
POPULATION DENSITY
RESIDENTIAL SECTOR
STOVES
SURVEYS
TESTING
APPLIANCES
BUILDINGS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COLLOIDS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
FLUIDS
FUELS
GASES
OXIDATION
PARTICLES
POLLUTION
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SOLS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
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