The environmental impact on air quality and exposure to carbon monoxide from charcoal production in southern Brazil
| Autor: | Fábio Encarnação, Gabriel Meneghetti Faé Gomes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Biochemistry chemistry.chemical_compound Wattle (construction) Occupational Exposure Industry Environmental impact assessment Atmospheric contamination Charcoal Air quality index General Environmental Science Air Pollutants Carbon Monoxide Air Acacia food and beverages Environmental Exposure Pulp and paper industry chemistry visual_art visual_art.visual_art_medium Pyrolysis Brazil Carbon monoxide Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Environmental research. 116 |
| ISSN: | 1096-0953 |
| Popis: | Black wattle silviculture is an important activity in southern Brazil. Much of the wood is used in the production of charcoal and the pyrolysis products impacts on air quality. This paper estimates the level of atmospheric contamination from the production of charcoal in one region of Brazil. We describe a low-cost charcoal kiln that can capture condensable gases and we estimate the levels of exposure of kiln workers to carbon monoxide. The latter results indicated that exposure to carbon monoxide can be reduced from an average of 950 ppm to 907 ppm and the mass of gases reduced by 16.8%. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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