An overview of particulate emissions from residential biomass combustion

Vicente, Estela D.; Alves, Célia

doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.08.027

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“…It is known that emissions from residential biomass burning greatly vary with the type of biofuel, combustion equipment, and operating conditions [38]. In the present study, the use of open fireplaces promoted high concentrations of particulate matter in indoor air locations despite the type of biofuel used.…”

Section: Cooking Emissionsmentioning

confidence: 63%

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Impact of Biomass Home Heating, Cooking Styles, and Bread Toasting on the Indoor Air Quality at Portuguese Dwellings: A Case Study

et al. 2018

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This study evaluated the emissions of specific indoor sources usually present in Portuguese dwellings in order to understand their impact on the indoor air quality. With this aim, three typical activities were studied including home heating using two types of fireplaces (open and closed) and biofuels (pinewood and briquettes), cooking styles (frying and boiling) in different types of kitchen appliances, and several levels of bread toasting. The levels of specific pollutants were found to be above the established Portuguese limit values including VOCs, formaldehyde, and particulate matter (PM 2.5 and PM 10 ). Although these emissions are transient and short in duration, the resulting concentrations are high and can severely impact the occupants' daily exposure. Besides promoting good ventilation, the choice of residential appliances with low emissions should be taken into account. In addition, it is important that occupants perform specific activities following the best practices so that their exposure to pollutants is minimized.

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Section: Cooking Emissionsmentioning

confidence: 63%

“…Strategies to decrease biomass burning emissions also include educational programs that advise people what to burn, how to burn, what are the less polluting appliances, etc. [38].…”

Section: Carbon Monoxidementioning

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Impact of Biomass Home Heating, Cooking Styles, and Bread Toasting on the Indoor Air Quality at Portuguese Dwellings: A Case Study

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“…Some of the sources, e.g. fuel wood or agricultural residue burnings, are expected to be increased in both domestic and industrial sectors due to their role in decentralised and substitute energy production (Vicente and Alves, 2018). At the same time, the potential disadvantages and risk of these major source types -including BB in particular -have been less recognised (Hays et al, 2003;Chen et al, 2017).…”

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Fossil fuel combustion, biomass burning and biogenic sources of fine carbonaceous aerosol in the Carpathian Basin

Salma¹,

Vasanits-Zsigrai²,

Machon

et al. 2020

Atmos. Chem. Phys.

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Abstract. Fine-fraction aerosol samples were collected, and air pollutants and meteorological properties were measured in situ in the regional background environment of the Carpathian Basin, a suburban area and central part of its largest city, Budapest, in each season for a 1-year-long time interval. The samples were analysed for PM2.5 mass, organic carbon (OC), elemental carbon (EC), water-soluble OC (WSOC), radiocarbon, levoglucosan (LVG) and its stereoisomers, and some chemical elements. Carbonaceous aerosol species made up 36 % of the PM2.5 mass, with a modest seasonal variation and with a slightly increasing tendency from the regional background to the city centre (from 32 % to 39 %). A coupled radiocarbon-LVG marker method was applied to apportion the total carbon (TC = OC + EC) into contributions of EC and OC from fossil fuel (FF) combustion (ECFF and OCFF, respectively), EC and OC from biomass burning (BB) (ECBB and OCBB, respectively), and OC from biogenic sources (OCBIO). Fossil fuel combustion showed rather constant daily or monthly mean contributions (of 35 %) to the TC in the whole year in all atmospheric environments, while the daily contributions of BB and biogenic sources changed radically (from <2 % up to 70 %–85 %) at all locations and over the years. In October, the three major sources contributed equally to the TC in all environments. In January, it was the BB that was the major source, with a share of 70 % at all sites. The contributions from biogenic sources in January were the smallest. In April, FF combustion and biogenic sources were the largest two contributors at all locations with typical shares of 45 %–50 % each. In July, biogenic sources became the major source type with a monotonically increasing tendency (from 56 % to 72 %) from the city centre to the regional background. The share of BB was hardly quantifiable in July. The ECFF made up more than 90 % of EC in April and July, while in October and January, the contributions of ECBB were considerable. Biomass burning in winter and autumn offers the largest and most considerable potential for improving the air quality in cities as well as in rural areas of the Carpathian Basin.

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“…Source profile studies were initially implemented in China in the 1980s (Dai et al, 1987a, b). Over the past 3 decades, hundreds of source profiles have been compiled across the country (Zhao et al, 2006(Zhao et al, , 2007a(Zhao et al, , b, 2015aBi et al, 2007;Kong et al, 2011Kong et al, , 2014Qi et al, 2015;Wang et al, 2015;Zhang et al, 2015;Pei et al, 2016;Tian et al, 2017;Guo et al, 2017). These profiles cover more than 40 cities and several source types.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Characteristics of the main primary source profiles of particulate matter across China from 1987 to 2017

Dai

et al. 2019

Atmos. Chem. Phys.

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Abstract. Based on published literature and typical profiles from the Nankai University source library, a total of 3326 chemical profiles of the main primary sources of ambient particulate matter (PM) across China from 1987 to 2017 are investigated and reviewed to trace the evolution of their main components and identify the main influencing factors concerning their evolution. In general, the source chemical profiles are varied with respect to their sources and are influenced by different sampling methods. The most complicated profiles are likely attributed to coal combustion (CC) and industrial emissions (IE). The profiles of vehicle emissions (VE) are dominated by organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC), and vary due to the changing standards of sulfur and additives in gasoline and diesel as well as the sampling methods used. In addition to the sampling methods used, the profiles of biomass burning (BB) and cooking emissions (CE) are also impacted by the different biofuel categories and cooking types, respectively. The variations of the chemical profiles of different sources, and the homogeneity of the subtype source profiles within the same source category are examined using uncertainty analysis and cluster analysis. As a result, a relatively large variation is found in the source profiles of CC, VE, IE, and BB, indicating that these sources urgently require the establishment of local profiles due to their high uncertainties. The results presented highlight the need for further investigation of more specific markers (e.g., isotopes, organic compounds, and gaseous precursors), in addition to routinely measured components, in order to properly discriminate sources. Although the chemical profiles of the main sources have been previously reported in the literature, it should be noted that some of these chemical profiles are currently out of date and need to be updated immediately. Additionally, in the future, specific focus should be placed on the source profile subtypes, especially with respect to local IE in China.

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An overview of particulate emissions from residential biomass combustion

Cited by 234 publications

References 258 publications

Impact of Biomass Home Heating, Cooking Styles, and Bread Toasting on the Indoor Air Quality at Portuguese Dwellings: A Case Study

Impact of Biomass Home Heating, Cooking Styles, and Bread Toasting on the Indoor Air Quality at Portuguese Dwellings: A Case Study

Fossil fuel combustion, biomass burning and biogenic sources of fine carbonaceous aerosol in the Carpathian Basin

Characteristics of the main primary source profiles of particulate matter across China from 1987 to 2017

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