Characteristics and influencing factors of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons emitted from open burning and stove burning of biomass: A brief review

H Zhang, X Zhang, Y Wang, P Bai, K Hayakawa… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
To mitigate global warming and achieve carbon neutrality, biomass has become a widely
used carbon-neutral energy source due to its low cost and easy availability. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Do improved biomass cookstove interventions improve indoor air quality and blood pressure? A systematic review and meta-analysis

N Kumar, E Phillip, H Cooper, M Davis, J Langevin… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates the most recent evidence to
examine whether use of improved biomass cookstoves in households in low-middle income …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic relationships between real-time fuel moisture content and combustion-emission-performance characteristics of wood pellets in a top-lit updraft …

N Zhao, B Li, R Ahmad, F Ding, Y Zhou, G Li… - Case Studies in Thermal …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fuel moisture content (FMC) has an essential impact on the performance of biomass
combustion. FMC typically changes during the burning process; therefore, considering only …

The effect of coal size on PM2. 5 and PM-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emissions from a domestic natural cross-draft stove

N Zhao, B Li, D Chen, T Bahargul, R Wang… - Journal of the Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Residential coal combustion has played an important role in the domestic energy supply of
Northern China for many decades and will do so for the foreseeable future, although it is …

Burn to kill: Wood ash a silent killer in Africa

AT Etchie, TO Etchie, OO Elemile, O Boladale… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Aside the emissions, burning of wood in traditional cookstoves (TCs) also generates
substantial amount of ash containing hazardous pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic …

Emissions and emission factors for Dichrostachys cinerea, Morus Lactea, Piliostigma thonningii, Combretum molle, and Albizia grandibracteata firewood species …

M Lubwama, VA Yiga, HN Lubwama… - Biomass Conversion …, 2024 - Springer
Firewood and charcoal are the most dominant sources of fuel for domestic cooking
applications in sub-Saharan Africa. In this study, performance and emission characteristics …

Constraining bioavailable polyaromatic hydrocarbons effectively during the production and application of biochar

LJ Clarke - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar has substantial potential as a globally significant negative emissions technology
(NET) provided that it can be deployed economically at a sufficiently large scale without …

A Laboratory-Scale Study of Selected Chinese Typical Flammable Wildland Timbers Ignition Formation Mechanism

W Yang, BHA Bakar, H Mamat, L Gong, N Nursyamsi - Fire, 2023 - mdpi.com
Firebrands are the primary source of ignition for large wildfires and urban wildfires (WUIs).
China is a country with a high incidence of forest fires, and there are great differences in the …

A critical review on the development and utilization of energy systems in Uganda

O Bongomin, P Nziu - The Scientific World Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We live in a world that is completely dependent on energy; thus, humankind can no longer
live without power. With electricity being the main form of energy today, this has increased …

Emission factors of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and oxidative potential of fine particles emitted from crop residues burning

N Santiago-De La Rosa, V Mugica-Álvarez… - Polycyclic Aromatic …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Mexico displays significant agricultural activity that, in notorious instances unfolds closely
associated with undesirable burning practices of crop residues, which could rise climate …