The need to use renewable sources and matrices with energy potential is widely recognized. The development of innovative technologies aimed at the improvement of energy conversion processes and reducing environmental impacts is currently receiving increasing attention from the scientific community and policymakers. The presence of sugars in airborne particle materials is attributed to biomass combustion. For this reason, these compounds are considered markers of biomass burning. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the emissions produced by agroforestry biomass burning (citrus pruning) by simultaneously sampling both stack emissions and atmospheric particulates in the area around a biomass boiler to understand the real contribution of biomass burning to atmospheric pollution. The combustion tests were carried out by comparing the processes with and without particulate abatement system to see how biomass combustion’s contribution to particulate emission can be controlled and reduced. During the tests, the focus was on particulate matter (PM) speciation in terms of sugar marker identification and determination. This study aims to increase knowledge to better understand the contribution of biomass plants to air pollution and differentiate it from the contributions of other sources, such as vehicular traffic or domestic heating.

Biomass Combustion in Boiler: Environmental Monitoring of Sugar Markers and Pollutants / Paris, Enrico; Carnevale, Monica; Palma, Adriano; Vincenti, Beatrice; Salerno, Mariangela; Proto, Andrea Rosario; Papandrea, Salvatore; Guerriero, Ettore; Perilli, Mattia; Cerasa, Marina; Di Stefano, Valerio; Gallucci, Francesco. - In: ATMOSPHERE. - ISSN 2073-4433. - 15:4(2024). [10.3390/atmos15040427]

Biomass Combustion in Boiler: Environmental Monitoring of Sugar Markers and Pollutants

Proto, Andrea Rosario;Papandrea, Salvatore;
2024-01-01

Abstract

The need to use renewable sources and matrices with energy potential is widely recognized. The development of innovative technologies aimed at the improvement of energy conversion processes and reducing environmental impacts is currently receiving increasing attention from the scientific community and policymakers. The presence of sugars in airborne particle materials is attributed to biomass combustion. For this reason, these compounds are considered markers of biomass burning. The purpose of this work was to evaluate the emissions produced by agroforestry biomass burning (citrus pruning) by simultaneously sampling both stack emissions and atmospheric particulates in the area around a biomass boiler to understand the real contribution of biomass burning to atmospheric pollution. The combustion tests were carried out by comparing the processes with and without particulate abatement system to see how biomass combustion’s contribution to particulate emission can be controlled and reduced. During the tests, the focus was on particulate matter (PM) speciation in terms of sugar marker identification and determination. This study aims to increase knowledge to better understand the contribution of biomass plants to air pollution and differentiate it from the contributions of other sources, such as vehicular traffic or domestic heating.
2024
air pollution; PM; VOC; sugar; bioenergy; biomass disposal; biomass burning
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