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Thursday, June 3, 1:00 PM - 5:40 PM

Biofuel Combustion

Stowell 211

Organizer/Presider: Philip Hopke, Ellen Burkhard

1:00 Introductory Remarks

1:05 182 New York Bioenergy. Janet Joseph, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

1:30 183 NYSERDA Research and Demonstration Program on High-Efficiency Biomass Heating Systems. Ellen J. Burkhard, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

2:00 184 Comparison of Gas, Oil, Biodiesel, and Wood-Fueled Residential Heating System Emission Characteristics. Thomas Butcher and Roger McDonald, Brookhaven National Laboratory

2:20 185 Comparative Emissions from Boilers <15mmBtu. Lisa Rector, NESCAUM

2:40 186 Assessing Biomass Smoke Emissions Using Levoglucosan Ambient Concentrations. Monica A. Mazurek1, Harmonie A. Hawley1, Min Li8, Steve McDow2, Lee Alter3, John Graham3, Henry Dirk Felton4, Thomas McKenna5, Charles Pietarinen5, Alan Leston6, Steve Bailey6, James Schwab7 and Ken Demerjian7, (1)Rutgers University, (2)National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. EPA, (3)Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, (4)New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, (5)New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, (6)Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, (7)University at Albany - State University of NY, (8)California University of Pennsylvania, (9)Center for Advanced Infrastructure & Transportation

3:00 187 Energy and Emissions Performance of Residential and Small Scale Commercial Wood Boilers in Europe and the US. Nathan Russell and Ellen Burkhard, NYSERDA

3:20 Intermission

3:40 188 Reducing Emissions from Wood Chip and Wood Pellet Boilers through System Design and Operational Optimization: Lessons from Europe and the USA. David Dungate, ACT Bioenergy, LLC

4:00 189 Performance Evaluation of High Efficiency Wood Boiler. Sriraam Ramanathan Chandrasekaran, James Laing, Suresh Raja, Thomas M. Holsen and Philip K. Hopke, Clarkson university

4:20 190 Performance Evaluation of a Model Electrostatic Precipitator for an Advanced Wood Combustion (AWC) System. Mark Omara, Philip K. Hopke, Suresh Raja and Thomas M. Holsen, Clarkson University

4:40 191 Characterization of Mercury Emissions from Domestic Wood Combustion. Jiaoyan Huang1,2, James Laing2,3, Tiffany Basara2, Philip Hopke2,3 and Thomas Holsen1,2,3, (1)Clarkson University, (2)Clarkson Univeristy, (3)Clarkson University

5:00 192 Feasibility of Grass Pellet Combustion for Residential Heating. Jerome H. Cherney, Cornell University

5:20 Symposium Wrap-up and Policy Implications.