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Discontinuous and Continuous Indoor Air Quality Monitoring in Homes with Fireplaces or Wood Stoves as Heating System

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  • Gianluigi De Gennaro

    (Department of Biology, University of Bari Aldo Moro—Via Orabona 4, Bari 70126, Italy
    Apulia Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention and Protection—Corso Trieste 27, Bari 70126, Italy)

  • Paolo Rosario Dambruoso

    (Apulia Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention and Protection—Corso Trieste 27, Bari 70126, Italy)

  • Alessia Di Gilio

    (Apulia Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention and Protection—Corso Trieste 27, Bari 70126, Italy)

  • Valerio Di Palma

    (Department of Biology, University of Bari Aldo Moro—Via Orabona 4, Bari 70126, Italy)

  • Annalisa Marzocca

    (Apulia Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention and Protection—Corso Trieste 27, Bari 70126, Italy)

  • Maria Tutino

    (Apulia Regional Agency for Environmental Prevention and Protection—Corso Trieste 27, Bari 70126, Italy)

Abstract

Around 50% of the world’s population, particularly in developing countries, uses biomass as one of the most common fuels. Biomass combustion releases a considerable amount of various incomplete combustion products, including particulate matter (PM) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The paper presents the results of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) measurements in six houses equipped with wood burning stoves or fireplaces as heating systems. The houses were monitored for 48-h periods in order to collect PM 10 samples and measure PAH concentrations. The average, the maximum and the lowest values of the 12-h PM 10 concentration were 68.6 μg/m 3 , 350.7 μg/m 3 and 16.8 μg/m 3 respectively. The average benzo[a]pyrene 12-h concentration was 9.4 ng/m 3 , while the maximum and the minimum values were 24.0 ng/m 3 and 1.5 ng/m 3 , respectively. Continuous monitoring of PM 10 , PAHs, Ultra Fine Particle (UFP) and Total Volatile Organic Compounds (TVOC) was performed in order to study the progress of pollution phenomena due to biomass burning, their trends and contributions to IAQ. The results show a great heterogeneity of impacts on IAQ in terms of magnitude and behavior of the considered pollutants’ concentrations. This variability is determined by not only different combustion technologies or biomass quality, but overall by different ignition mode, feeding and flame management, which can also be different for the same house. Moreover, room dimensions and ventilation were significant factors for pollution dispersion. The increase of PM 10 , UFP and PAH concentrations, during lighting, was always detected and relevant. Continuous monitoring allowed singling out contributions of other domestic sources of considered pollutants such as cooking and cigarettes. Cooking contribution produced an impact on IAQ in same cases higher than that of the biomass heating system.

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  • Gianluigi De Gennaro & Paolo Rosario Dambruoso & Alessia Di Gilio & Valerio Di Palma & Annalisa Marzocca & Maria Tutino, 2015. "Discontinuous and Continuous Indoor Air Quality Monitoring in Homes with Fireplaces or Wood Stoves as Heating System," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
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