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COMPARISON OF EMISSIONS AND ORGANIC FINGERPRINTS FROM COMBUSTION OF OIL AND WOOD
Citation:
Steiber, R. AND R. McCrillis. COMPARISON OF EMISSIONS AND ORGANIC FINGERPRINTS FROM COMBUSTION OF OIL AND WOOD. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/D-91/152 (NTIS PB91223222).
Description:
The paper presents data from an Integrated Air Cancer Project (IACP) pilot study on the total carbon, organics, and particulate emissions from oil furnaces with both gun-type and retention head burners. hese data are compared to results of a similar IACP study on woodstoves conducted in Boise, Idaho, in the winter of 1986-87. he comparison shows that woodstoves produce a richer stew of organic materials and particulates, but that oil furnaces emit more soot. n addition, the chemical structures of wood and oil are discussed, and GC/MS data are presented showing how these structures result in a characteristic fingerprint when these fuels are burned.