Technique for determining pollutant emissions from a gas-fired range

Abstract Laboratory measurements of pollutant emissions from a gas-fired range have shown that carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, formaldehyde and respirable particles were all emitted during the combustion process. Carbon was found to be the dominant element of the respirable particles emitted. A mathematical indoor air quality model was applied to our laboratory studies to calculate pollutant emission rates per caloric value of fuel consumed. The model was also used to calculate the temporal profile of the indoor pollution concentrations as well as to determine indoor pollutant decay rates from mechanisms other than air infiltration. Comparisons of measured and calculated data showed good agreement, and suggests that this model may be useful for determining pollutant emissions from a wide variety of other sources, for estimating pollution levels in other indoor environments, and for evaluating pollutant control strategies.