Chemical Characterization of Fine Particle Emissions from the Fireplace Combustion of Woods Grown in the Southern United States

2002 ◽  
Vol 36 (7) ◽  
pp. 1442-1451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip M. Fine ◽  
Glen R. Cass ◽  
Bernd R. T. Simoneit
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Fine Particle ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Southern United States ◽  
Particle Emissions

179. Characterization of Fine Particle Emissions in an Engine Plant

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Heitbrink ◽  
T. Peters ◽  
D. Evans ◽  
T. Slavin
Keyword(s):  
Fine Particle ◽  
Particle Emissions

scholarly journals Chemical characterization of particle emissions from controlled burns of biomass fuels using a high resolution time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometer

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 8397-8432 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Qi ◽  
S. Hosseini ◽  
H. Jung ◽  
B. Yokelson ◽  
D. Weise ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Combustion Efficiency ◽  
Coastal Sage Scrub ◽  
Empirical Formulas ◽  
Particle Emissions ◽  
Elemental Ratios ◽  
Scrub Oak ◽  
Fragment Ions ◽  
Unit Mass Resolution

Abstract. A total of forty-nine burns were conducted at the Missoula Fire Sciences Lab consisting of nine fuel types; i.e., chamise scrub oak, ceanothus, maritime chaparral, coastal sage scrub, California sage brush, Manzanita, oak savanna, oak woodland and masticated mesquite. This paper focuses on the chemical characterization of fine particle emissions collected for flaming, mixed and smoldering phases using a HR ToF-AMS. The evolution of OM/OC, H/C, O/C and N/C from fire ignition to extinction was measured to capture the transient and integrated chemical composition of the non-refractory portion of bulk particles. Real time elemental ratios and empirical formulas derived with respect to modified combustion efficiency (MCE) are reported. For each fuel, the hydrogen fragment ions dominate the unit mass resolution (UMR) mass spectra with no specific fragment ions attributable to an individual ecological combination. An interference ion in the UMR m/z 73, a fragment normally attributed to levoglucosan, is noted. Therefore, the results imply that C2H4O2+ (m/z 60.021) plus C3H5O2+ (m/z 73.029) are more sufficient to estimate the contribution of levoglucosan. The results did not show significant variations of levoglucosan content in the organic particle with the overall average contribution fraction ranging from 0.74% for coastal sage to 1.93% for chamise.

Characterization of fine particle emissions from incense burning

2011 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 1074-1080 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.W. See ◽  
R. Balasubramanian
Keyword(s):  
Fine Particle ◽  
Particle Emissions ◽  
Incense Burning
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