Results from Recent Testing

Particulate (PM-2.5) Measurements with a Portable Condar Dilution Tunnel

Correlation between Condar PM number and Opacity Curve
Displayed in order of increasing PM

HK-J08
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Warm heater. Mixed maple, large load. Side ignition.
 

HK-J26
condar

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Warm heater. Warm wood. Medium maple, all round pieces, large load. Side ignition.

 

HK-J02
condar

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Warm heater. Mixed hardwood, large load. 16% moisture. Side ignition.

 

HK-J15
condar

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Warm heater. Hard maple, large and small pieces, 53 lbs. 16% moisture. Side ignition.

 

HK-J05
condar

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Warm heater. Hard maple, medium pieces, 52 lbs, 16% moisture. Side ignition.

 

HK-J23
condar

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Warm heater. Warm fuel. White birch, very large pieces, large load. 20% moisture. Side ignition.

 

HK-J06
condar

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Warm heater. White birch, medium pieces, large load. 20% moisture. Side ignition.

 

HK-J25
condar

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Warm heater. Maple, large pieces, large load. 17% moisture. Warm fuel, cold kindling.
Side ignition.

 

HK-J24
condar

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Warm heater. White birch, large pieces, large load. 20% moisture. Cold fuel,
large amount of small kindling. Side ignition.

 

HK-J07
condar

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Warm heater. White birch, large pieces, large load. 20% moisture. Side ignition.

 

HK-J17
condar

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Warm heater. Warm fuel. Mixed hardwood, 21% moisture. Side ignition.
 

HK-J21
condar

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Cold heater (80F firebox). Large birch. Side ignition.

 

HK-J30
condar

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Warm heater. Round pieces, very large load. Nice start, fire overamped at 27 minutes. Opacity spike was all soot, so not as much PM as when spike happens at beginning, when there is also tar from smoldering.

 

HK-J11
condar

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Cold heater (66F firebox). Small birch. Bottom ignition.

 

HK-J13
condar

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Crib test. Side ignition. Warm heater.10% moisture. Side ignition.
 

HK-J19
condar

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Lukewarm heater (48 hrs). Medium load of large and small maple, small pieces on top.
Bottom ignition.

 

HK-J29
condar

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Warm heater. Large load of round mixed hardwood, cold fuel, borderline start, 1 pc kindling added at 24 minutes.
 

HK-J27
condar

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Cold heater (90 F firebox). Large load of medium white birch, cold fuel, extra kindling added at 18 minutes.
 

HK-J14
condar

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Warm heater, large and medium maple. Mis-start, newspaper added and extra kindling added later. Side ignition.
 

HK-J10
Condar

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Cold heater. Large maple, large load. Bottom ignition.

 

HK-J09
Condar

 

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Cold heater. Mixed white birch. Bottom ignition.

 

 

HK-J22
Condar

 

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Warm heater, warm fuel. Large wh birch w. small wh birch on top. Side ignition.

 

 

HK-J28
Condar

 

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Warm heater, cold fuel. Medium load small maple, 16% moisture. 4 lbs kindling. Side ignition.

 

HK-J16
Condar

 

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Cold heater. Wet oak and maple, 35% moisture. 84 lbs. Side ignition. 12 lbs kindling required.

 

 

HK-J01
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Cold heater (first test). White birch. Side ignition.

 

HK-J20
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Cold heater (50F). Cold Fuel (0F). Large maple. Side ignition.

 

HK-J03
condar

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Cold heater. Small white birch. 51 lbs. Side ignition.

 

HK-J18
condar

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Warm heater. Warm fuel. Small white birch. 55 lbs. Bottom ignition.
 

HK-J12
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Crib test. Warm heater. Bottom ignition. 10% moisture.
 

This page was updated on February 24, 2008
This page was created on January 28, 2008