Chemical Composition and Emissions Factors for Cookstove Startup (Ignition) Materials.

ABSTRACT: Air pollution from cookstoves creates a substantial human and environmental health burden. A disproportionate fraction of emissions can occur during stove ignition (startup) compared to main cooking, yet startup material emissions are poorly quantified. Laboratory tests were conducted to measure emissions from startups using kerosene, plastic bags, newspaper, fabric, food packaging, rubber tire tubes, kindling, footwear, and wood shims. Measured pollutants included: fine particulate matter mass (PM_2.5), PM_2.5 elemental and organic carbon, methane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, benzene, and formaldehyde. Results demonstrate substantial variability in the measured emissions across materials on a per-startup basis. For example, kerosene emitted 496 mg PM_2.5

SUBMITTER: Fedak KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7050414 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature