Performance monitoring of advanced technology wood stoves: Field testing for fuel savings, creosote buildup and emissions: Volume 1, Final report

Technical Report · Sun Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5721919

This report presents the results of a two-year study in Vermont and New York monitoring woodstove performance. The objective of the study was to determine the effectiveness of catalytic and non-catalytic low-emission woodstove technology in reducing wood use, creosote and particulate emissions. Measurements of wood use and creosote accumulation in chimney systems were made in a total of 68 homes over a period of two heating seasons. Forty-two of these homes were equipped with instrumentation to measure particulate emissions and directly-measured wood use. Catalytic woodstoves, catalytic add-on/retrofit devices and non-catalytic low-emission stoves were provided by various woodstove manufacturers for use by volunteer homeowners during the study period. Conventional technology stoves were also included to provide baseline data. Averaged results indicate that the low-emission non-catalytic stoves and catalytic stoves had lower creosote accumulation, wood use, and particulate emissions than the conventional technology stoves, although the range of values was quite large. The reductions in particulate emissions by the catalytic and low-emission stoves were not as great as could be expected based on laboratory testing. The large number of variables affecting stove performance in ''real world'' conditions make identifying causative factors difficult. Additional analysis of data and further testing are currently planned. 5 refs., 61 figs., 23 tabs.

• Research Organization: OMNI Environmental Services, Inc., Beaverton, OR (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5721919
• Report Number(s): NYSERDA-87-26-Vol.1; ON: TI88900303
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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09 BIOMASS FUELS
090400* -- Solid Waste & Wood Fuels-- (-1989)
500200 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
APPLIANCES
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
CREOSOTE
FIELD TESTS
FURNACES
OPERATION
PARTICLES
PARTICULATES
TESTING
WOOD BURNING APPLIANCES
WOOD BURNING FURNACES