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SUMMARY OF NEW TECHNOLOGY WOODSTOVE IN-HOUSE PERFORMANCE
Citation:
McCrillis, R. SUMMARY OF NEW TECHNOLOGY WOODSTOVE IN-HOUSE PERFORMANCE. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/D-90/056 (NTIS PB90246364), 1990.
Description:
The paper summarizes the in-house performance of new technology wood-stoves. se of wood as a residential heating fuel increased markedly in the U.S. during the l970s in response to an increase in fossil fuel costs. ost of the increase represented wood burned in airtight parlor stoves which are generally operated air-starved, leading to low combustion efficiency and the release of substantial quantities of unburned organics into the atmosphere. Field studies over the past several years have quantified emission rates from new technology stoves designed to significantly reduce the quantity of unburned organics released. he new stoves, employing either catalytic or noncatalytic secondary combustion features, are currently mandated by the U.S. EPA. hese studies have shown that the new technology stoves, while reducing emissions, do not achieve the emission reduction expected. tudies during the winter of 1988-89 showed that emission control was gradually improving, but they als showed that some stove models were experiencing degraded emission control performance after only a few months use.
