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Main Title Investigation of particulate emissions from oil-fired residential heating units /
Author Barrett, R. E.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Locklin, D. W.
Miller, S. E.
CORP Author Battelle Columbus Labs., Ohio.;National Environmental Research Center, Research Triangle Park, N.C. Control Systems Lab.;American Petroleum Inst., Washington, D.C.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Year Published 1974
Report Number EPA/650-2-74-026; EPA-68-02-0230; EPA-ROAP-21AFE-07
Stock Number PB-237 355
OCLC Number 09496048
Subjects Air--Pollution ; Oil burners--Research ; Furnaces--Research
Additional Subjects Air pollution ; Oil burners ; Fuel oil ; Furnances ; Boilers ; Soot ; Combustion products ; Smoke ; Residential buildings ; Stoichiometry ; Measurement ; Carbon monoxide ; Hydrocarbons ; Particle size distribution ; Heating equipment ; Air pollution control ; Particulates
Internet Access
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=9101LW6X.PDF
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EJBD  EPA 650-2-74-026 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 07/28/2014
EKBD  EPA-650/2-74-026 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 11/16/2016
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 650-2-74-026 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
NTIS  PB-237 355 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation vii, 49 pages : illustrations, charts ; 28 cm
Abstract
The report gives results of a laboratory study of two residential oil-fired heating units, a warm-air furnance and a boiler. Bacharach smoke and filterable particulate emissions were measured at several excess-air levels for both cyclic and steady-state runs. Particle-size distributions were also measured during boiler runs to determine if particle-size variations might help explain the lack of correlation between earlier smoke and particulate emission field measurements.
Notes
"March 1974." "EPA/650-2-74-026."
Contents Notes
The report gives results of a laboratory study of two residential oil-fired heating unites, a warm-air furnace and a boiler. Bacharach smoke and filterable particulate emissions were measured at several excess-air levels for both cyclic and steady-state runs. Particle-size distributions were also measured during boiler runs to determine if particle-size variations might help explain the lack of correlation between earlier smoke and particulate emission field measurements. One unit produced essentially no excessive smoke or particulate on startup; 1 minute after startup, smoke was equal to steady-state smoke; and particulate emissions for cyclic and steady-state firing were equal. The second unit produced a startup smoke higher than its steady-state smoke, and higher particulate emissions for cyclic runs than for steady-state runs, suggesting that this unit had a significant "on puff" on startup. Particulate emissions varied with excess air in the same pattern as smoke number, higher at low excess air levels for both units. Correlations between smoke and particulate emissions appeared practical for individual units firing at specific operating conditions. However, a general correlation between smoke and filterable particulate emissions does not appear to exist for cyclic operation. For the two units, particle-size distributions were nearly identical for all runs and indicated that over 80 percent of the particles were below 1.0 micron.