JOURNAL OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY * Na 87 • 2012 DETERMINATION OF EMISSION FACTORS FOR DOMESTIC SOURCES USING FOSSIL FUELS XAC DINH H$ S6 PHAT THAI CHO CAC N G U 6 N DAN SINH Sir DVNG NHlfiN LI$U H 6 A[.]
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY * Na 87 • 2012 DETERMINATION OF EMISSION FACTORS FOR DOMESTIC SOURCES USING FOSSIL FUELS XAC DINH H$ S P H A T THAI CHO CAC N G U N DAN SINH Sir DVNG NHlfiN LI$U H A THACH Le Phuong Thuy Nghiem Trung Dung Hanoi University Vietnam Chemicals Agency of Science and Technology Ministry of Industry and Trade Received November 3, 2011: accepted April 2012 ABSTRACT The emission of selected air pollutants for domestic sources using fossil fuels being coal briquette and LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) was studied The fuels were burnt as the way they are used for routine domestic cooking Samples of paniculate matter (PM) were collected isokinetically using a slack sampler of CASELLA and following US EPA modified method Concenlratk>ns of gaseous pollutants in the flue gas were measured using a monitor of Drager MSI - Pf^2 The levels of these air pollutants in the ambient air in surrounding area were also measured using a monitor of QUEST EVM - Series The emission factors of PM CO, COt and SOj for domestk: soumes using these fuels were determined The emission factors obtained in this study are in the same range with those of others T6IVI TAT Muc dd phdt thdi mdt sd chdt d nhidm khdng tir ngudn ddn sinh si> di/ng nhidn lidu hda thach gdm than td ong vd LPG dd dugc nghidn ciru Nhidn Hdu dugc ddt gidng nhu tmng tht/c td dun ndu sinh hoat Miu biji (PM) dugc liy mdt cdch ddng ddng sii dung thidt bf Idy miu CASELLA vd theo Phuang'phdp dd cdi tidn cua US EPA Ndng dd cdc chdl d nhidm dang kh! thdi dugc bing thiet bi Drager MSI - PR02 Ndng dd cdc chit ndy tmng khdng xung quanh cQng dugc su dung thidt bi QUEST EVM - Series H$ sd phdt thdi PM CO COi vd SO^ tir ngudn ddn sinh sir dung cdc lo^i nhidn lidu ndi trdn dS dugc xdc dinh Hd sd phdt thdi thu dugc nghidn ciru ndy ndm cung mdt dp dd so v&i cdc nghidn cuv khdc I N T R O D U C T I O N Fossil fuels such as coal briquette and LPG are being widely used for domestic , , , * ' _•; , „ , cooking m Vietnam The combustion of the ( -, f , - j.-T „ fossil fuels emits different air pollutants J u ^."w»i including those regulated by QCVN AC-i/^rtn/D-i-xn4-r r n - ^ • ii 05:2009/BTNMT [11 These air pollutants can , , , , , , cause health ellceis lo the people, n addition, u II.„ if J u I the coal briquette is normally used by Ihe poor people in narrow kitchens with Ihe poor ventilation resulting in higher health risks especially for worrcn children and Ihc elderly In order to assess Ihe potential of health effects r I• , , c • from cooking smoke, total emission of air M, , J u • J * J i AIt„ air relates Ihe quantity o f pollutants released from a source to some activity associated with those emissions However, data on emission factors