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Biomass Combustion: Emissions, High-Temperature Aerosols, and Atmospheric Impact
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Special Issue "Biomass Combustion: Emissions, High-Temperature Aerosols, and Atmospheric Impact"

A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Aerosols".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (19 July 2023) | Viewed by 1544

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Enrico Paris

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Guest Editor
CREA-IT, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Center of Engineering and Agro-Food Processing, Via della Pascolare 16, 00015 Monterotondo, RM, Italy
Interests: biomass; emissions; bioenergy; atmospheric pollution
Dr. Monica Carnevale

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CREA-IT, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Center of Engineering and Agro-Food Processing,Via della Pascolare 16, terotondo, RM, Italy
Interests: biomass; LCA; renewable energies
Dr. Francesco Gallucci

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CREA-IT, Council for Agricultural Research and Economics - Center of Engineering and Agro-Food Processing,Via della Pascolare 16, 00015 Monterotondo, RM, Italy
Interests: biomass; renewable energies; pollution; biofuel
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The use of biomass in energy-conversion processes such as combustion makes it possible to obtain energy from waste products. It is important, however, that this practice is conducted in harmony with the environment and minimizes the possible atmospheric impacts due to the phenomenon of combustion. It is possible to obtain renewable energy from a by-product; on the other hand, it is essential to prevent this activity from disturbing the chemistry of the atmosphere.

Atmosphere is hosting a Special Issue to showcase the most recent studies and activities on biomass combustion's effects on the atmosphere. The Special issue aims to collect studies that help to better understand the consequences of biomass combustion in boilers (through the study of emissive models, development of new abatement systems, determination of emission factors, etc.) and in open burning phenomena, thus highlighting how this latter practice is harmful to the environment and humans.

The study of the emissions of macro pollutants, greenhouse gases, PM, heavy metals, POPs, carbon particles, and high-temperature aerosols in relation to combustion conditions and chemical-physical characteristics of biomass, or reviews of these studies, are the main topics of this Special Issue. The topics discussed represent a scientific basis on which to take important actions for the global energy sustainability of the future in harmony with the environment.

Dr. Enrico Paris
Dr. Monica Carnevale
Dr. Francesco Gallucci
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • PM
  • GHG
  • POPs
  • VOC
  • aerosol
  • abatement system
  • air pollution
  • biomass disposal
  • emission factor
  • open burning

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Biomass Combustion: Evaluation of POPs Emissions (VOC, PAH, PCB, PCDD/F) from Three Different Biomass Prunings (Olive, Citrus and Grapevine)
by
Adriano Palma
,
Enrico Paris
,
Monica Carnevale
,
Beatrice Vincenti
,
Mattia Perilli
,
Ettore Guerriero
,
Marina Cerasa
,
Andrea R. Proto
,
Salvatore F. Papandrea
,
Roberto Bonofiglio
,
Mariangela Salerno
and
Francesco Gallucci
Atmosphere 2022, 13(10), 1665; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13101665 - 12 Oct 2022
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Agricultural activities lead to the production of large quantities of pruning and residual biomass, the correct disposal of which is a topic of great interest. Unfortunately, although it is an environmentally unacceptable practice, disposal often takes place with uncontrolled combustion in field (open [...] Read more.
Agricultural activities lead to the production of large quantities of pruning and residual biomass, the correct disposal of which is a topic of great interest. Unfortunately, although it is an environmentally unacceptable practice, disposal often takes place with uncontrolled combustion in field (open burning). Disposal using biomass boilers produces energy from controlled combustion and the use of abatement systems reduces emissions that are inevitably generated in the combustion processes of solid fuel (CO, CO2, NOx, SO2, PM, etc.). Among the pollutants produced in combustion processes, Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are one of the most relevant groups of chemicals that must be monitored for their effect on human health and the environment. This paper reports the data obtained for the emissive characterization of POPs of three different wood biomass prunings (Olive, Citrus and Grapevine) focusing on VOCs, PAHs, PCBs, PCDD/Fs. Emissions samplings were performed at the stack during combustion in a 30 kWth boiler equipped with a multicyclone filter bag for PM abatement in an isokinetic mode in accordance with the CEN and ISO standards methods. Through this work, a complete emission profile of VOCs, PAHs, PCBs, and PCDD/Fs of three different biomass types is provided for the first time, showing that the use of biomass boilers produces quantities of pollutants below the regulatory limits and still lower than those produced by open burning phenomena. Citrus has shown, regarding the other two essences, elevated concentrations in terms of Σ PAH = 174.247 ng/m3, while Olive gave higher results in terms of PCBs and PCDD/Fs (respectively, 39.769 and 3390.63 TEQ pg/Nm3). This is probably due to the high concentration of iron in this biomass (711.44 mg/kg), which during combustion is a catalyst (together with copper) of PCDD/Fs. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biomass Combustion: Emissions, High-Temperature Aerosols, and Atmospheric Impact)
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