Technologies for measurement and mitigation of particulate emissions from domestic combustion of biomass: A review

Mook Tzeng Lim, Anh Phan, Dermot Roddy and Adam Harvey

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2015, vol. 49, issue C, 574-584

Abstract: Energy from biomass is becoming increasingly important as fossil fuel reserves diminish. The utilization of biomass is already prevalent in the domestic heating sector, but produces significant amounts of particulates that are detrimental to human health. Mitigation technologies are well-developed for large-scale applications, but that is not the case at domestic scale. This review evaluates the various technologies that are available for mitigation of emissions from domestic combustion. Various other technologies are presented too, including those from the vehicular emissions field. The most common methods are the use of additives and catalysts, but both techniques are of limited effectiveness. The most notable technology is probably small scale electrostatic precipitators (ESP) which are under development and have been shown to be effective in reducing emissions.

Keywords: Domestic heating; Biomass; Emissions; Sampling; Mitigation; Standards; Dilution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.090

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