- Author
- Jenkins, B. | Chang, D. | Rabbe, O.
- Title
- Development of Test Proceedings to Determine Emissions From Open Burning of Agricultural and Forestry Wastes.
- Coporate
- California Univ., Davis
- Sponsor
- Air Resources Board Research Div., Sacramento, CA
- Report
- ARB-R-90-432, January 1990, 109 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Contract
- A5-126-32
- Keywords
- air pollution | smoke | combustion | emissions
- Identifiers
- air pollution emissions; open burning; agricultural wastes
- Abstract
- The University of California, Davis designed, constructed and demonstrated a test system to determine air polluting emissions from the open burning of agricultural and forestry wastes. The system consists of a conveyor and fan, contained in a tunnel and hood enclosure, which allows emissions quantification while maintaining known environmental and fuel parameters. Several shakedown runs were conducted, using rice straw as fuel, to evaluate the operability and performance of the system. A final series of demonstration runs, using rice straw fuel, showed the reproducibility of emission measurements. The emission rates for SO2, NOx and particulate matter were comparble to those measured at the University of California, Riverside in a much earlier study. In a subsequent project, the University will use the test system to quantitatively determine emissions from the simulated open burning of a variety of agricultural and forestry waste materials.