Cultural and ritual burning emission factors and activity levels in india

  • Shamsh Pervez
  • , Rajan Chakrabarty
  • , Shippi Dewangan
  • , John G. Watson
  • , Judith C. Chow
  • , Jeevan Lal Matawle
  • , Yasmeen Pervez

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Abstract

Real-world particulate matter, organic carbon, and elemental carbon (OC and EC) emission measurements were measured for different cultural and ritual burning practices. These were (g/kg): 11.36 (OC), 0.27 (EC) and 31.04 (RPM) for Marriage Events; 27.04 (OC), 0.18 (EC) and 123.82 (RPM) for Muslim Holy Shrines; 25.99 (OC), 0.85 (EC) and 47.93 (RPM) for Buddhist Temples; and 3.47 (OC), 7.96 (EC) and 20.13 (RPM) for Hindu Temples. When projected to reasonable levels of such activities throughout India, the total annual emissions would be 72.38 Gg/yr, comparable to those from transport (165 Gg/yr), power plants (19 Gg/yr), agricultural waste burning (428 Gg/yr) and forest and savannah burning (176 Gg/yr).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)72-80
Number of pages9
JournalAerosol and Air Quality Research
Volume15
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Asian Brown Haze
  • Combustion activities
  • Cultural and ritual performances
  • Emission factors
  • OC and EC fractions

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