Organic compounds in PM2.5 emitted from fireplace and woodstove combustion of typical Portuguese wood species

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 4533-4545

  Gonçalves, Cátia ^a   Alves, Célia ^a   Fernandes, Ana Patrícia ^a   Monteiro, Cristina ^a   Tarelho, Luís ^a   Evtyugina, Margarita ^a   Pio, Casimiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomass burning; Fireplace; GC MS; Organic tracers; PM2.5; Woodstove

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS-BURNING; FIREPLACE; GC-MS; ORGANIC TRACERS; PM2.5; WOODSTOVE;

BIOMASS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHIMNEYS; COMBUSTION; FORESTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KETONES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLEFINS; PARAFFINS; PHENOLS; UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS;

WASTE INCINERATION;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ALKANOL; BIOFUEL; KETONE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOSTEROL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENOID;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS BURNING; COMBUSTION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FIRE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KETONE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAH; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SMOKE; TERPENE;

ACACIA LONGIFOLIA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COLD; COMBUSTION; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; FIREPLACE COMBUSTION; FOREST; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAVIMETRY; HEAT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OLEA EUROPEA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PINUS PINASTER; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUERCUS FAGINEA; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS SUBER; TEMPERATURE; TREE; WOOD; WOODSTOVE COMBUSTION;

ALKANES; BIOMASS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHIMNEYS; COMBUSTION; FORESTRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KETONES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; OLEFINS; PHENOLS; TRANSMITTANCE; WASTES;

PORTUGAL;

ACACIA LONGIFOLIA; ACACIA PYCNANTHA; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; OLEA EUROPAEA; PINUS PINASTER; QUERCUS FAGINEA; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS SUBER; ROTUNDIFOLIA;

EID: 79960597503     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.071     Document Type: Article

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