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STRESS TESTING OF WOODSTOVES
Citation:
Bighouse, R., J. Houck, S. Barnett, AND R. McCrillis. STRESS TESTING OF WOODSTOVES. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/A-93/268 (NTIS PB94120011), 1993.
Description:
The paper discusses stress testing of woodstoves. tress testing is a way to test the long- term durability of woodstove models in the laboratory in a 1 to 2 week time frame. (NOTE: Woodstove field studies have shown that new technology woodstoves designed to have low particulate emissions have frequently shown rapid degra7 dation in emission control. his degradation has been documented both by measurement of particulate emission factors with an in-home automated emission sampler (AES) and by observable physical damage to the woodstove components. t appears that most of the damage occurs when the woodstove is allowed to operate at exceptionally high temperatures.) Two avenues of research have been taken in developing the stress test protocol. irst, the performance of woodstoves while in actual in home use has been observed over the course of two heating seasons in four communities: Medford and Klamath Falls, OR, Crested Butte, CO, and Glens Falls, NY. he second avenue of research was the laboratory "stressing" of various woodstove models under high temperature operation. his laboratory research has been conducted on eight stoves (seven models) and, as with the in-home research, changes in particulate emission rates were measured and physical degradation documented.
