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Type: Book Chapter
Author(s): Darold E. Ward
Editor(s): Johann Georg Goldammer
Publication Date: 1990

My discussion starts with some of the chemical aspects of forest fuels important from an emissions production standpoint. Then combustion processes are discussed. Finally, the emissions are described according to particulate matter and gaseous fractions.

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Citation: Ward, Darold E. 1990. Factors influencing the emissions of gases and particulate matter from biomass burning. Chapter 18 Pages 418-436 In: Fire in the tropical biota: ecosystem processes and global challenges. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag.

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Keywords:
  • biomass burning
  • combustion processes
  • gaseous emissions
  • PM - particulate matter
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FRAMES Record Number: 11530