A Laboratory Comparison of Emission Factors, Number Size Distributions, and Morphology of Ultrafine Particles from 11 Different Household Cookstove-Fuel Systems.

ABSTRACT: Ultrafine particle (UFP) emissions and particle number size distributions (PNSD) are critical in the evaluation of air pollution impacts; however, data on UFP number emissions from cookstoves, which are a major source of many pollutants, are limited. In this study, 11 fuel-stove combinations covering a variety of fuels and different stoves are investigated for UFP emissions and PNSD. The combustion of LPG and alcohol (∼10¹¹ particles per useful energy delivered, particles/MJ_d), and kerosene (∼10¹³ particles/MJ_d), produced emissions that were lower by 2-3 orders of magnitude than solid fuels (10¹⁴-10¹⁵ particles/MJ_d). Three different PNSD types-unimodal distributions with peaks ∼30-40 nm, unimodal distributions wit

SUBMITTER: Shen G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6217968 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature