Chemical and biological characterization of emissions from small residential stoves burning wood and charcoal

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982 · Chemosphere; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-6535(82)90205-3· OSTI ID:6518368

Ramdahl, T ^[1]; Alfheim, I; Rustad, S; Olsen, T

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1. Central Inst. for Industrial Research, Oslo, Norway

Emissions from a small residential wood stove and a newly developed residential stove burning charcoal have been characterized by chemical analysis and mutagenicity testing (Ames Salmonella test). For wood burning the samples were taken under normal and starved air conditions burning birch and spruce separately. The burning conditions in the stove seemed to influence the emissions to a larger extent than the type of wood. The emissions of aldehydes, benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from the charcoal-burning stove are lower by a factor of 25-1000 as compared to the wood stove. The mutagenicity of the emissions showed a similar trend.

• OSTI ID: 6518368
• Journal Information: Chemosphere; (United States), Journal Name: Chemosphere; (United States) Vol. 11:6; ISSN CHESB
• 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
ADSORBENTS
ALDEHYDES
APPLIANCES
AROMATICS
BACTERIA
BENZENE
CHARCOAL
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
EXHAUST GASES
FLUIDS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
HYDROCARBONS
MICROORGANISMS
MUTAGEN SCREENING
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
SALMONELLA
SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM
SCREENING
STOVES
WASTES
WOOD
WOOD BURNING APPLIANCES