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Aerosol and carbon monoxide emissions from low-temperature combustion in a sawdust packed-bed stove

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Title Aerosol and carbon monoxide emissions from low-temperature combustion in a sawdust packed-bed stove
 
Creator VENKATARAMAN, C
JOSHI, P
SETHI, V
KOHLI, S
RAVI, MR
 
Subject biofuel combustion
wood combustion
fine-particle
size
biomass
hydrocarbons
efficiencies
cookstoves
morphology
 
Description Low-temperature combustion in biomass-burning stoves used for cooking results in poor thermal efficiency and high emissions. A sawdust packed-bed stove has been shown to give more stable combustion at higher temperatures than woodstoves. The study examines pollutant emissions from this stove and their dependence on stove dimensions, specifically the vertical port radius and the stovepot spacing. Emission rates of particulate matter (PM)-along with size resolution - and of carbon monoxide ( CO) were measured during steady-state combustion. The stove power increased with increased spacing and vertical port radius. However, the air-flowrate, combustion temperature, and air-fuel ratio showed complex variations with stove dimensions from the described coupling among the pyrolysis, combustion, induced air flow, and mixing. Emission rates of PM (0.21 - 0.36 g h(-1)) and CO (3 - 8 g h(-1)) and were a factor of ten lower than those previously measured from woodstoves. Emission rates of CO decreased, while PM increased, with increasing combustion temperature. Aerosol size distributions were unimodal with mass median aerodynamic diameters (MMAD) of 0.24 - 0.40 mum, a factor of two smaller than from woodstoves. Cool combustion at 534 - 625degreesC gave lower PM emission rates but particles of larger MMAD, while hot combustion at 625 - 741degreesC gave higher PM emission rates with smaller particle MMAD. The OC/EC ratio obtained for cool combustion was higher (1.20) than that for hot combustion (0.96). Greater elemental carbon formation was seen at the higher temperatures. PM and CO emission rates followed opposite trends with combustion temperature and stove configuration, resulting in no single configuration at which both CO and PM emissions were minimized. However, its superior thermal efficiency and significantly lower emissions than wood stoves should motivate further study of this device to optimize thermal and emissions performance.
 
Publisher TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
 
Date 2011-08-30T16:19:28Z
2011-12-26T12:59:03Z
2011-12-27T05:49:55Z
2011-08-30T16:19:28Z
2011-12-26T12:59:03Z
2011-12-27T05:49:55Z
2004
 
Type Article
 
Identifier AEROSOL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 38(1), 50-61
0278-6826
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02786820490247614
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/12388
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/12388
 
Language en