An Investigation of the Variability of Particulate Emissions from Woodstoves in New Zealand

Guy Coulson ； Richard Bian ； Elizabeth Somervell

《Aerosol and Air Quality Research》 15卷6S期 (2015/11) Pp. 2346-2356

https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2015.02.0111

並列摘要

Woodburning is the dominant source of PM_(10) in most of New Zealand, and the principal cause of exceedances of the national air quality 24-hr standard (50 μg m^(-3)). Over the last decade New Zealand researchers have used multiple techniques to characterise woodstove emissions, including seven campaigns to measure real-life PM_(10) emissions from in-situ woodstoves. All measurements have shown considerable variation, both within and between campaigns. PM_(10) emission factors from in-situ tests exhibit a log-normal distribution with a geometric mean (± standard deviation) of 9.8 g kg(-1) (±2.4 g kg^(-1)) and 3.9 g kg^(-1) (±3.8 g kg^(-1)) (dry wood) for older and low-emission stoves respectively. Since the distribution is log-normal we recommend the use of geometric mean rather than arithmetic mean as the emissions factor used for inventories. This paper examines the variability of PM_(10) emissions from woodstoves using a Kernel Density Estimate to compare the distributions within and between campaigns and correlations between coefficients of variations (c.v.) to see whether the variation in emissions factors could be reduced by the collection of further measurements to increase the size of the total dataset. We conclude that variation in emissions is inherent in the way woodstoves are used in real-life and that regulators will need to allow for a range of emissions in management plans as a definitive emission factor may not be possible.

並列關鍵字

Woodsmoke ； PM_(10) ； Emission factors