Field performance of wood-burning and coal-burning appliances in Crested Butte during the 1989-90 heating season. Final report

Technical Report · Tue Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5598246

Jaasma, D R; Champion, M R; Gundappa, M

The field performance of woodburning and coalburning appliances in and around Crested Butte, CO, has been evaluated. Measurements included particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide (CO), and weekly average burn rates. Woodburning appliances included conventional airtight stoves, EPA-certified catalytic stoves, and EPA-certified noncatalytic stoves. Compared to the emissions measured from conventional stoves, the certified stoves reduced PM emission factors (g/kg) by 53% and CO emission factors by 49%. Coalburning appliances included a commercial scale boiler, a residential stoker, and hand-fired coalstove. The coalburning appliances were compared to conventional woodstoves on a grams of pollutant per joule of heat output basis. The automatically stoked coal appliances reduced PM and CO emissions by roughly 84% and 85%, respectively. The hand-fired stove was cleaner than expected, reducing PM by 55% and CO by 27%.

• Research Organization: Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg, VA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
• OSTI ID: 5598246
• Report Number(s): PB-92-106921/XAB; CNN: EPA-A00818389
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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