Pollutants

H i Resolution Video: Charcoal burning Rocket stove reduces CO emissions
Low Resolution Video Two Parts

Smoke's increasing cloud across the globe
Practical Action June 16, 2006

Introduction:

It is in the world’s poorest regions that smoke is a major threat, including China, India and sub-Saharan Africa. On current trends, 200 million more people will rely on these polluting fuels by 2030. Women and children are exposed for up to seven hours a day to pollution concentrations 100 times and more above accepted safety levels. There is ample medical evidence that smoke from burning biomass fuels leads to killer diseases, such as penumonia, chronic bronchitis and lung cancer.

Measurements of Indoor Pollutant Emissions From EPA Phase II Wood Stoves. (3451 K)
Nabinger, S. J.; Persily, A. K.; Sharpless, K. S.; Wise, S. A. Building and Fire Research Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology. Gaithersburg, MD 20899, NISTIR 5575; 65 p. February 1995

Charcoal Kiln, Zambia
Robert Yokelson University of Montana, 2000

Indoor Air Pollution Measurement Options (pdf)
Kyra Naumoff, Center for Entrepreneurship in International Health & Development

Cook Stove Efficiency, Health and Environmental Impacts
Biomass Lab Report
Yanxia Chen, David Pew, Dan Abbott 2002

Laboratory comparison of traditional Kenyan Jiko and improved Kenyan Jiko for Efficiency, Particulate Matter and CO.

Research, Development and Commercialization of the Kenya Ceramic Jiko and other Improved Biomass Stoves in Africa (pdf)
Dan Kammen, UC Berkeley

Advanced Stoves Laboratory at Colorado State University
Peter Letvin , Elisa Guzman, Dr. Bryan Willson
Global Innovation Center for Energy, Environment & Health, CSU January 2006

How to characterize emission factors?
Tami Bond, Bond Research Group, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign February 2006

How to characterize emission factors? Short story:

- For traditional stoves, we have some, they vary a lot, and we don't always know why they vary. It's probably a combination of wood, moisture, and practice, and who knows what else.