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Main Title Residential wood combustion technology review. Volume I /
Author Houck, James E. ; Tiegs, P. E.
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Houck, James E.
Tiegs, Paul E.
CORP Author OMNI Environmental Services, Inc., Beaverton, OR.;Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Air Pollution Prevention and Control Div.
Publisher OMNI Environmental Services, Inc.,
Year Published 1998
Report Number EPA-600/R-98-174a
Stock Number PB99-122111
Subjects Stoves, Wood ; Air--Pollution
Additional Subjects Combustion products ; Wood burning appliances ; Residential buildings ; Stoves ; Fireplaces ; Space heating ; Wood burning furnaces ; Wood fuels ; Air heaters ; Space heaters ; Masonry ; Particulates ; Particles ; Emissions ; Cordwood
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https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=P1005W7Q.PDF
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NTIS  PB99-122111 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 1 volume (various pagings)
Abstract
The report gives results of a review of the current state-of-the-art of residential wood combustion (RWC). The key environmental parameter of concern was the air emission of particles. The technological status of all major RWC categories--cordwood stoves, fireplaces, masonry heaters, pettel stoves, and wood-fired central heating furnaces--was reviewed. Advanced in technology achieved since the mid-1980s were the primary focus. Key findings of the review included: (1) the new source performance standard (NSPS) certification procedure only qualitatively predicts the level of emissions from wood heaters under actual use in homes; (2) woodstove durability varies with model, and a method to assess the durability problem is controversial; (3) nationally, the overwhelming majority of RWC air emissions are from noncertified devices (primarily from older noncertified woodstoves); (4) new technology appliances and fuels can reduce emissions significantly; (5) the International Organizatin for Standardization and EPA NSPS test procedures are quite dissimilar, and data generated by the two procedures would not be comparable; and (6) the effect of wood moisture and wood type on particulate emission appears to be real but less than an order of magnitude.
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"December 1998." Final report. Prepared for Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division. Microfiche.