TitleField measurement on the emissions of PM, OC, EC and PAHs from indoor crop straw burning in rural China.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2014
AuthorsWei, S, Shen, G, Zhang, Y, Xue, M, Xie, H, Lin, P, Chen, Y, Wang, X, Tao, S
JournalEnviron Pollut
Volume184
Pagination18-24
Date Published2014 Jan
ISSN1873-6424
KeywordsAir Pollutants, Air Pollution, Indoor, Carbon, China, Environmental Monitoring, Fires, Particle Size, Particulate Matter, Polycyclic Hydrocarbons, Aromatic
Abstract

Field measurements were conducted to measure emission factors of particulate matter (EFPM), organic carbon (EFOC), elemental carbon (EFEC), 28 parent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (EF28pPAHs), and 4 oxygenated PAHs (EF4oPAHs) for four types of crop straws burned in two stoves with similar structure but different ages. The average EFPM, EFOC, EFEC, EF28pPAHs, and EF4oPAHs were 9.1 ± 5.7 (1.8-22 as range), 2.6 ± 2.9 (0.30-12), 1.1 ± 1.2 (0.086-5.5), 0.26 ± 0.19 (0.076-0.96), 0.011 ± 0.14 (1.3 × 10(-4) - 0.063) g/kg, respectively. Much high EF28pPAHs was observed in field compared with the laboratory derived EFs and significant difference in EF28pPAHs was identified among different crop residues, indicating considerable underestimation when laboratory derived EFs were used in the inventory. The field measured EFPM, EFOC, and EFEC were significantly affected by stove age and the EFs of carbonaceous particles for the 15-year old stove were approximately 2.5 times of those for the 1-year old stove.

DOI10.1016/j.envpol.2013.07.036
Alternate JournalEnviron. Pollut.
PubMed ID24012787
PubMed Central IDPMC4294460
Grant ListP42 ES016465 / ES / NIEHS NIH HHS / United States
P42 ES016465 / ES / NIEHS NIH HHS / United States