Using RAPIDS to estimate emissions from residential wood combustion (RWC) in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources, Madison, WI (United States)
Air toxic emissions from residential wood combustion (RWC) have generated concern among pollution control agencies because there is currently limited regulation of this practice and RWC has been shown to substantially contribute to air pollution. RWC may be a significant source of toxic emissions in rural Wisconsin, yet there has not been a concerted effort to inventory RWC emissions. As part of the Great Lakes Regional Air Toxics Emission Inventory development, an inventory of RWC area source emissions in Wisconsin was compiled. For base year 1993, residential wood fuel use was estimated at 857,000 cords in Wisconsin. Toxics potentially emitted from RWC were identified through database and literature searches. The Regional Air Pollutant Inventory Development System (RAPIDS) was used to automate the RWC inventory in each county, and calculate and summarize emissions. Emission estimates from RWC are reported, and the state wide totals are compared to emissions reported in the Wisconsin state point source inventory. Using RAPIDS, it was possible to independently estimate emissions from point sources reporting wood or bark fuel use, and compare these estimates to emission estimates from RWC. The advantages and limitations of using RAPIDS to develop automated area source inventories, update and track emissions from these sources, compare emissions across geographic areas, and compile regional inventories were discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 351201
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970677--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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