title: Assessment of indoor pollutants generated from bio and synthetic fuels in selected villages of Burdwan, West Bengal.
abstract: The objective of the present study was to access the pollutant generated from bio-fuels like bamboo sticks, cow dung, paddy straw, carbon dust cake, gobar gas, jute stick, and mustard stick and synthetic fuel like LPG during cooking in rural villages of Burdwan, West Bengal, India and its fluctuation in living room. The average SO2 released from the fuels was found in the following order: bamboo stick > cow dung > paddy straw > carbon cake > gobar gas > jute stick > LPG > mustard stick; NO2 emission was in the following order : mustard stick > carbon dust cake > paddy straw > cow dung cake > LPG, jute stick > gobar gas > bamboo stick > and SPM was obtained in the following sequence: cow dung cake > bamboo stick > carbon dust cake > gobar gas > LPG > mustard stick > paddy straw > jute stick, respectively. The highest living room to kitchen room (L/K) ratio of SO2, NO, and SPM was found in LPG, gobar gas, jute stick respectively in 2009 and followed by bamboo stick > paddy straw > jute stick > cow dung cake, respectively in 2010. Results of this study suggest that different fuels released different amount of air pollutants, but more extensive study is needed to confirm the relationship between fuels and released air pollutants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan-713 104, India. nkmenvbu@gmail.com
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Mondal
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan-713 104, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bhaumik
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan-713 104, India.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan-713 104, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aditya
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan-713 104, India.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Datta
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan-713 104, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Science, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan-713 104, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis*; D056804:Biofuels; D003296:Cooking; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D007194:India; D009585:Nitrogen Dioxide / Q000032:analysis*; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000032:analysis*; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D056804:Biofuels; D052638:Particulate Matter; D013458:Sulfur Dioxide; D009585:Nitrogen Dioxide