Effect of airflow setting on the organic composition of woodheater emissions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3601-3610

  Jordan, Timothy B ^a   Seen, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; FUEL BURNERS; GAS EMISSIONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AIRFLOW SETTING; ORGANIC COMPOSITIONS; TOXIC INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WOODHEATER EMISSIONS;

WOOD;

AROMATIC COMPOUND; FURAN; GLUCOSE; GUAIACOL; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LEVOGLUCOSAN; MALTOL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTION; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMBUSTION; EQUIPMENT; GAS; SMOKE; TEMPERATURE; VAPOR; WOOD; WOODHEATER;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEATING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXYGEN; SMOKE; VOLATILIZATION; WOOD;

AIR POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; HEATING EQUIPMENT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; WOOD;

EID: 18944385918     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0487628     Document Type: Article

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