[Stoves] Improved Stoves and PAHs

[Cynthia Armendariz]

Robert

Yes indeed, I want to know how can I identify and quantify some (18 
compounds listed by EPA as potential carcinogens). I know that it is 
closely related to type of wood so, for our project in Michoacan, Mexico, 
the people use pine, oak and other local species and I want to relate PAH 
content with potential harm, maybe these compounds are quite an issue for 
rural people, more than particles or at least, compounds that we have to be 
aware of.
The thing is that until now, there are no studies in Mexico about PAH 
Indoor Air Pollution - Exposure from biomass burning, even when we know 
that women spend 6-8 hours per day in cooking tasks!!!

Thanks a lot

Cynthia

At 02:09 p.m. 28/03/2008, Robert Penn Taylor wrote:

>Cynthia,
>
>By "methods used to determine", do you mean how are they measured and
>identified? Or do you want existing information (a table, for instance)
>on which PAHs are emitted?
>
>In terms of formation of these emissions in the first place, the
>relative amounts of each PAH depend on details such as fuel chemistry,
>combustion temperature, residence time, temperature gradients, etc., so
>any existing data available will be situation dependent.
>
>--
>
>Robert Penn Taylor
>Graduate Research Assistant
>Department of Mechanical Engineering
>Iowa State University
>(515) 294-5311
>
>Cynthia Armendariz wrote:
> > Dear all
> >
> > Does anybody know where can I find methods used to determine PAHs from 
> wood
> > fuel burning?
> >
> > Thanks a lot
> >
> > Cynthia
> >
>
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