Contribution of biomass combustion to air pollutant emissions

In Portugal, it was estimated that around 1.95 Mton/year of wood is used in residential wood burning for heating and cooking. Additionally, in the last decades, burnt forest area has also been increasing. These combustions result in high levels of toxic air pollutants and a large perturbation of atm...

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Main Author: Gonçalves, Cátia Vanessa Maio (author)
Format: doctoralThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/8104
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/8104