Characteristics of emissions of air pollutants from burning of incense in a large environmental chamber

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 941-951

  Lee, Shun Cheng ^a   Wang, Bei ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Burning of incense; Emission factor; Emission rate; Environmental Chamber; VOCs

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBERS; FORMALDEHYDE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; STANDARDS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; INCENSE BURNING;

AIR POLLUTION;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; DICHLOROMETHANE; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROCARBON; METHANE; METHYL CHLORIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVICE; ENVIRONMENT; GAS WASTE; HONG KONG; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0346461410     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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