Emissions from domestic solid fuel burning appliances (wood-heaters, open fireplaces)
Technical Report No. 5
J. Gras, C.Meyer, I. Weeks, R. Gillett, I. Galbally, J. Todd, F. Carnovale, R. Joynt, A. Hinwood, H. Berko and S. Brown.
Environment Australia, March 2002
ISBN 0 6425 4867 6
Contents
- Acknowledgment
- Summary
- 1. Project objectives
- 2. Review of emissions data
- 3. Survey
- 4. Wood-heater emissions - and controlling factors
- 5. Use of aerosol mass emission factor, from AS4013 compliance testing as a surrogate for other toxic emissions
- 6. Time variation of particle mass emission rates
- 7. Differences between test burns and common practice
- 8. Discussion - emissions observed in this study compared with national, international standards and guidelines
- 9. Relevance of standards
- 10. Summary and conclusions
- 11. References
- 12. Definitions
- Appendix 1: Survey questionnaire
- Appendix 2: Survey report from Strahan Research
- Appendix 3: Fuel merchant survey summary
- Appendix 4: Selected photographs of instrumentation