Chemical characterization of fine particle emissions from fireplace combustion of woods grown in the northeastern United States

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Six species of trees grown in the northeastern United States, including northern red oak, eastern white pine, paper birch, eastern hemlock, red maple, and balsalm fir are burned to study the particle-phase organic compounds emitted from different types of wood. Detailed speciation of the compounds emitted from the trees is charted.

Logging, Fuelwood, Statistical Data Included, Forest products industry, Northeastern United States

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Sources of fine organic aerosol. 9. pine, oak, and synthetic log combustion in residential fireplaces

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The fine particle organic carbon (OC) emmisions to the Los Angeles urban atmosphere appear to have come mostly from the combustion of wood. The fine organic aerosol from wood combustion accounts for 14% of the total OC emissions annually and 30% on winter days. Pine and oak logs are found to produce smoke rich with lignin decomposition products. Resin acids and their thermal alteration products mostly constitute pine smoke. Synthetic log combustion, meanwhile, yields major components of petroleum products combined with traces of sawdust components from which it is made.

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Air Pollution Control R&D, Los Angeles, California, Air pollution research, Pollution control research, Fireplaces, Combustion gases

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Characterization of fine particle emissions from burning church candles

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Particulate matter was studied when paraffin and beeswax candles are burned in a closed chamber. Fine particle samples were collected on both Teflon and quartz fiber filters. An optical particle counter and differential mobility analyser were used to determine particle size. The majority of emissions consist of organic compounds including alkanes alkenes, alkanoic acids, wax esters, cyclohexylalkanes and alkanals.

All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing, Industrial Organic Chemicals, Manufacturing industries, not elsewhere classified, Cyclic Crude and Intermediate Manufacturing, Paraffins, Candles, Science and technology policy, Chemical industry, Consumer goods industry, Indoor air quality, Alkanes, Churches, Church buildings

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