TY - JOUR
T1 - Indoor air pollutants produced from fossil fuel and biomass
AU - Lodhi, M. A.K.
AU - Zain-Al-Abdin, A.
PY - 1999/2
Y1 - 1999/2
N2 - The major source of indoor air pollutants, such as suspended particle matter (SPM) and carbon monoxide (CO), is the smoke emission from the use of domestic energy for cooking and heating. The exposure of rural housewives to SPM and CO was monitored for 10 weeks during their cooking activities. The levels of pollutants, especially from burning firewood, were found to be high but not to a hazardous degree. The situation can turn for the worse, if no deliberate effort is made to improve the conditions of the households using firewood. In fact, both gas and firewood should be replaced by some other clean energy fuels obtainable from renewable energy sources.
AB - The major source of indoor air pollutants, such as suspended particle matter (SPM) and carbon monoxide (CO), is the smoke emission from the use of domestic energy for cooking and heating. The exposure of rural housewives to SPM and CO was monitored for 10 weeks during their cooking activities. The levels of pollutants, especially from burning firewood, were found to be high but not to a hazardous degree. The situation can turn for the worse, if no deliberate effort is made to improve the conditions of the households using firewood. In fact, both gas and firewood should be replaced by some other clean energy fuels obtainable from renewable energy sources.
KW - Firewood
KW - Malaysia
KW - Monitoring pollution
KW - Natural gas
KW - Pollutants
KW - Renewable source of energy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0033079208&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0196-8904(98)00118-6
DO - 10.1016/S0196-8904(98)00118-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0033079208
SN - 0196-8904
VL - 40
SP - 243
EP - 248
JO - Energy Conversion and Management
JF - Energy Conversion and Management
IS - 3
ER -