Lopez Labs Archive

Papers

Prepared by: Bob Ferguson

Prepared for: The Masonry Heater Caucus HPBA, 2008

Summarizes existing North American emissions data on masonry heaters and argues the case for a class recogntion for masonry heaters as clean burning appliances

MHA Position Paper

outlines a consensus regulatory approach to masonry heater issues.

Short Course on Masonry Fireplace and Masonry Heater Emissions Testing Method and Combustion Design
at OMNI-Test Laboratories, Oct 24 - 25, 1991
reprint from Fall 1991 MHA News
3.5 Mb PDF file, 29 pages

Short Course on Masonry Heating Systems: by Norbert Senf; 140 Kb PDF file

Residential Wood Combustion Technology Review: by James Houck and Paul Tiegs; 800 Kb PDF file

Residential Wood Combustion Technology Review - Volume 2. Appendices: by James Houck and Paul Tiegs

Comparison of Test Standards from Various Countries
by Edvard Karlsvik, Sintef Applied Thermodynamics
220 Kb PDF file

Review of Wood Heater and Fireplace Emission Factors
by James Houck, John Crouch and Roy H. Huntley


Design and Operating Factors Which Affect Emissions from Residential Wood-Fired Heaters: Review and Update: Paul Tiegs
OMNI Environmental Services

Discussion Regarding Reporting Units for Emissions from Residential Cord-wood Burning Space-heating Appliances: Paul Tiegs
OMNI Environmental Services
January 10, 1994 (revised February 1995); paper is located at Rumford.com

Summary Report of the In Home Emissions and Efficiency Performance of Five Commercially Available Masonry Heaters: Stockton G. Barnett
Omni Environmental Services
(Draft) April 15, 1992
(970 kb PDF file)

Defining Masonry Heaters - A Discussion Paper

Norbert Senf

(23 pages, 67Kb Acrobat format)

Clean Combustion of Wood: by A.M. Hasan R. Khan
A report of The Woodburning Stove Group
Eindhoven University of Technology, July, 1991

(3 Mb PDF file)

Emissions from Outdoor Wood-Burning Residential Hot Water Furnaces

EPA-600/R-98-017
February 1998
PDF file

Air Requirements and Related Parameters for Masonry Heating Systems (online): Norbert Senf; prepared for The Research Division, Canada Mortgage and; Housing Corporation, Ottawa, (1994); Download (124 Kb PDF file)

Technical Assesment of Hi-Mass Masonry Heaters and Integrated Water Loop

Charles Zalou, Natural Resources Canada
Norbert Senf, Masonry Stove Builders

R-2000 Makeup Air Guidelines

Investigation of Negative Pressure Test Protocols for Wood- and Pellet-Burning Appliances

Gulland Associates
prepared for The Research Division, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Ottawa, (2003)

Fireplace Air Requirements

ORTECH International, Scanada Consultants, Sheltair Scientific
prepared for The Research Division, Canada Mortgage and

Housing Corporation, Ottawa, (1989)
(1.0 Mb PDF file)

Modifications and Refinement of the Computer Model "Wood Burning Simulator"

Scanada Consultants, prepared for The Research Division, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Ottawa, (1987)
(1.5 Mb PDF file)


The Dynamics of Domestic Open Fires: by Prof. P.O. Rosin, 1939
The paper that's been an underground classic among fireplace masons for years. Well illustrated, recommended; 28 pages. (3Mb PDF file)

A Comparison of Fireplace Emissions Testing Methods: Norbert Senf
3 test methods were run simultaneously on open masonry fireplaces at McNear Brick in 1995.; (20 pages, 80Kb PDF file)

Recent Laboratory and Field Testing of Masonry Heater and Masonry Fireplace Emissions (online): Norbert Senf; presented at 1994 Air and Waste Management Association; meeting; Download

Very Low Emissions Cordwood Combustion in High Burn Rate Appliances - Early Results with Possible Implications: Norbert Senf; presented at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Air and Waste; Management Association, San Antonio, 1995.

The Hearth as an Element of the Sustainable House - A Comparison of Emission Test Methods for New Clean Burning Wood Fired Masonry Fireplaces (online): Norbert Senf; to be presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Air and; Waste Management Association, Nashville, June 23-28 1996; Download

Low Emissions Residential Cordwood Combustion in High Mass Appliances - Recent Research and Results: Norbert Senf; presented at Combustion Canada ’96 Conference,; Ottawa, June 5 - 7, 1996

Real-life Emissions Testing of Pellet Burners in Tokoroa: C. Kelly, S. Mues and W. Webley
Ministry for the Environment, New Zealand 2007

- field testing conducted with the Condar sampler, including calibration against a laboratory dilution tunnel method.

Design, Construction and Performance of Stick-Wood Fired Furnace

by Professor Richard Hill, University of Maine, 1979

Flue Gas Emissions in Wood Burning Stoves

Translation of 1985 Austrian study of PAH emissions from a Grundofen (masonry heater) and a conventional stove. Includes PAH analyses. Done by the government test lab for the Austrian stovemasons guild.; (Acrobat format, 900 Kb)

Determination of Condensible Particulate Woodstove Emission Factors Using Condar's Emissions Sampler: by Stockton Barnett
(1983); 2.4 Mb PDF file.

Testing Protocol for Particulate Emissions from Woodburning Fireplaces: Northern Sonoma Country APCD, Healdsburg, California, Dec. 10, 1997; (33 pages, 927 Kb Acrobat file)

Emissions of Rural Wood-Burning Cooking Devices: Phd thesis by Grant Ballard-Tremeer

Fireplaces: Studies in Contrasts: A.C.S. (Skip) Hayden, P.Eng; (Paper is located at HearthNet)

<<back Miscellaneous

WoodSim
A whole house simulator that includes woodburning combustion devices, written for the Research Division of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) in the 1980's. Very cool.

Strawbale Moisture Sensor Study
archived for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Division of Building Research

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