Impact of Biomass Combustion on Air Quality
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A4: Bio-Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (14 July 2023) | Viewed by 13017
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Interests: environmental technologies; analytical chemistry; water and air quality; toxicity of environmental samples
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Interests: residential biomass combustion; emissions; particulate matter chemical characterisation; indoor and outdoor air quality; source apportionment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Residential biomass combustion is regarded as an important source of atmospheric pollutants, which are of great concern due to their impacts on air quality, climate and human health. Emissions from burning small-scale biomass are highly complex mixtures that vary largely according to combustion parameters. These depend on the combustion technology (manually versus automatically fueled stoves and boilers), fuels (wood logs and chips, pellets) and operating conditions. An accurate quantification and characterization of emissions is essential to update emission inventories, to improve source apportionment and air quality models and for the proper development of effective mitigation strategies.
Considering the rising awareness of the environmental effects of combustion emissions, studies on implementation of different emission reduction measures (e.g., optimization of the combustion process, fuel modification, flue gas cleaning) are valuable. The assessment of real-life user practices on emissions from small-scale biomass combustion is also needed to more accurately estimate the impact of this source on air quality. Taking into account that biomass combustion emissions can undergo varying atmospheric aging before human exposure, studies on aging processes also deserve attention in this Special Issue. Finally, studies focusing on the detailed characterization of aerosol properties are of great interest since these are connected to their ability to trigger toxicological responses as well as climate effects.
Authors are invited to submit novel contributions in the form of critical reviews and research papers targeting any of these or other related topics.
Dr. Célia Alves
Dr. Estela Vicente
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Aerosol aging
- Biomass combustion
- Emission factors
- Emission reduction
- Fuel improvement
- Gaseous compounds
- Particle chemical composition
- Particulate matter
- Pollutant formation mechanisms
- Stove/burner design
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