Technologies for measurement and mitigation of particulate emissions from domestic combustion of biomass: A review

Lim, Marcus; Phan, Anh N.; Roddy, Dermot; Harvey, Adam P.

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.090

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“…Indoor particulate source apportionment studies indicate that road dust, soil dust, vehicle emissions, biomass burning, road salts, secondary inorganics, and organic matter from various emission/transport processes are common sources of indoor particulates [12][13][14]. Many of these particles originate outside and infiltrate into the home, while cooking and burning biomass are important indoor sources of organic particulate matter (PM) [5,15].…”

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Seasonal Variability of Airborne Particulate Matter and Bacterial Concentrations in Colorado Homes

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Aerosol measurements were collected at fifteen homes over the course of one year in Colorado (USA) to understand the temporal variability of indoor air particulate matter and bacterial concentrations and their relationship with home characteristics, inhabitant activities, and outdoor air particulate matter (PM). Indoor and outdoor PM 2.5 concentrations averaged (±st. dev.) 8.1 ± 8.1 µg/m 3 and 6.8 ± 4.5 µg/m 3 , respectively. Indoor PM 2.5 was statistically significantly higher during summer compared to spring and winter; outdoor PM 2.5 was significantly higher for summer compared to spring and fall. The PM 2.5 I/O ratio was 1.6 ± 2.4 averaged across all homes and seasons and was not statistically significantly different across the seasons. Average indoor PM 10 was 15.4 ± 18.3 µg/m 3 and was significantly higher during summer compared to all other seasons. Total suspended particulate bacterial biomass, as determined by qPCR, revealed very little seasonal differences across and within the homes. The qPCR I/O ratio was statistically different across seasons, with the highest I/O ratio in the spring and lowest in the summer. Using one-minute indoor PM 10 data and activity logs, it was observed that elevated particulate concentrations commonly occurred when inhabitants were cooking and during periods with elevated outdoor concentrations.

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Seasonal Variability of Airborne Particulate Matter and Bacterial Concentrations in Colorado Homes

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“…Therefore, suitable indicators of bioenergy provision potential include tree-specific structural characteristics, biomass yield and stoichiometric chemical composition. Important limitations are the many energy crops, such as willow and poplar, which are strong emitters of allergens and BVOCs (Olofsson et al 2005;Owen et al 2013), and biomass combustion that emits considerable amounts of PM (Lim et al 2015), both of which could adversely affect air quality.…”

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Towards an integrative approach to evaluate the environmental ecosystem services provided by urban forest

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As a Nature-Based Solution, urban forests deliver a number of environmental ecosystem services (EESs). To quantify these EESs, well-defined, reliable, quantifiable and stable indicators are needed. With literature analysis and expert knowledge gathered within COST Action FP1204 GreenInUrbs, we proposed a classification of urban forest EESs into three categories: (A) regulation of air, water, soil and climate; (B) provisioning of habitat quality; and (C) provisioning of other goods and services. Each category is divided into EES types: (a) amelioration of air quality; restoration of soil and water; amelioration of the microclimate; removal of CO 2 from the air; (b) provision of habitat for biodiversity; support for resilient urban ecosystems; provision of genetic diversity; and (c) provision of energy and nutrients; provision of grey infrastructure resilience. Each EES type provides one or more benefits. For each of these 12 benefits, we propose a set of indicators to be used when analyzing the impacts on the identified EESs. Around half of the 36 indicators are relevant to more than one single benefit, which highlights complex interrelationships. The indicators of wider applicability are tree and stand characteristics, followed by leaf physical traits and tree species composition. This knowledge is needed for the optimization of the EESs delivered by urban forests, now and in the future.

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“…Some technologies are still under development to guarantee their stable effectivity for gases from biomass combustion. Furthermore, the investment costs of a flue gas cleaning system in relation to the price for the combustion furnace and its improvement of the process has to be considered [12]. Last but not least, the motivation for the application of low-emission and highly efficient systems has to be given, either through legislative forces, environmental awareness, or a long-term financial payback.…”

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Improvement of Efficiency and Emissions from Wood Log Stoves by Retrofit Solutions

Matthes

Hartmann

2017

Chem Eng & Technol

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Biomass combustion systems contribute to the use of renewables, whereby wood log stoves have a high share for domestic heating. Promotion of renewables and efforts for lower air pollution require an improvement of technology. Short-term effects can be achieved with the help of various retrofit systems. Apart from a survey of available systems, two measurements have been analyzed: additional heat exchange and emission reduction by catalysis. During normal operation of three low-cost stoves, high levels of carbon monoxide (CO), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and particulate matter (PM) concentration have been observed, having a major influence of the operator's behavior. The best case scenario with the retrofit systems resulted in a significant efficiency increase and as well a reduction of CO, VOCs, and PM.

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Technologies for measurement and mitigation of particulate emissions from domestic combustion of biomass: A review

Cited by 53 publications

References 90 publications

Seasonal Variability of Airborne Particulate Matter and Bacterial Concentrations in Colorado Homes

Seasonal Variability of Airborne Particulate Matter and Bacterial Concentrations in Colorado Homes

Towards an integrative approach to evaluate the environmental ecosystem services provided by urban forest

Improvement of Efficiency and Emissions from Wood Log Stoves by Retrofit Solutions

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