Low emissions from wood burning in an ecolabelled residential boiler

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1148-1158

  Olsson, Maria ^a   Kjällstrand, Jennica ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biofuel; GC MS; Hydrocarbon; PAH

Indexed keywords

BOILERS; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; WOOD;

BIOFUEL; ECOLABELLED RESIDENTIAL BOILER; GC-MS; WOOD BURNING;

AIR POLLUTION;

BENZENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ETHENYLBENZENE; METHANE; NAPHTHALENE; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLENE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOFUEL; BURNING; PAH;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BOILER; COMBUSTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE; WOOD;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BOILERS; COMBUSTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; WOOD;

EID: 30644476392     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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