Author(s)

Morshad Ahmed¹, M. Das^1,2, T. Afser¹, M. Rokonujjaman¹, T. Akther¹, A. Salam^1*

¹Department of Chemistry, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
²Department of Chemistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea.

Characterization of carbonaceous species from the particulate matters (PM) after combustion of seven commonly used biomass species, albizia tree (Albizia julibrissin), dry leaves (mahogany tree), jackfruit tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus), rain tree (Samanea saman), mahogany tree (Swietenia mahogany), cow dung and mango tree (Mangifer aindica) was done. PM samples were collected on quartz fiber filters emitted from biomass burning in a typical rural cooking stove. PM loaded filters were characterized with scanning electron microscope (SEM) for surface morphology, fourier transform infrared (FTIR) to determine the functional group of organic compounds. Black carbon (BC) and brown carbon (BrC) concentrations were determined with Aethalometer. A TOC analyzer was used to determine the total organic carbon (TOC) present in the biomass samples. The surface morphology was almost similar for all biomass burning PM samples. The average concentrations of BC and BrC were 5.85 ± 4.40 and 13.0 ± 8.80 μg·m^-3, respectively. The emission factors of BC and BrC were 1.08 ± 0.89 and 2.35 ± 1.67 mg·g^-1, respectively. Concentration of BC was the highest in dry leaves and the lowest in mango tree. The emission factors of the determined biomass followed the sequence-dry leaves of mahogany > albizia tree > jackfruit tree > rain tree > cow dung > mahogany tree > mango tree. PM from mango tree had lower emissions compared to the other biomass species used in this study.

Biomass Burning, Particulate Matter, Black Carbon, Brown Carbon, Total Organic Carbon

Ahmed, M. , Das, M. , Afser, T. , Rokonujjaman, M. , Akther, T. and Salam, A. (2018) Emission of Carbonaceous Species from Biomass Burning in the Traditional Rural Cooking Stove in Bangladesh. Open Journal of Air Pollution, 7, 287-297. doi: 10.4236/ojap.2018.74014.