Improving residential coal stoves: Air quality issues on the Navajo Reservation and the implications for China

Conference · Wed Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:324625

Goff, S J; Hickmott, D D; Brown, L F; Currier, R P; Thayer, G R ^[1]; Semken, S C; Lameman, T; Martin, S; Yazzie, S ^[2]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
2. Navajo Community Coll., Shiprock, NM (United States)

This is a report of a one-year, Laboratory-Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program development (PD) project at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The objective of this project was to evaluate the environmental impacts of home-scale coal combustion on the Navajo Reservation and develop strategies to reduce adverse health effects associated with home-scale coal combustion. Principal accomplishments of this project were: (1) determination of the metal and gaseous emissions of a representative stove on the Navajo Reservation; (2) recognition of cyclic gaseous emissions in combustion in home-scale combustors; (3) back of the envelope calculation that home-scale coal combustion may impact Navajo health; and (4) identification that improved coal stoves require the ability to burn diverse feedstocks (coal, wood, biomass). Ultimately the results of Navajo home-scale coal combustion studies will be extended to the Developing World, particularly China, where a significant number (> 150 million) of households continue to utilize low-grade coal in their homes.

• OSTI ID: 324625
• Report Number(s): CONF-970931--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
AIR QUALITY
AMERICAN INDIANS
COAL BURNING APPLIANCES
HEALTH HAZARDS
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
STOVES
WOOD FUELS