Several fatalities have occurred from off-gassing or oxygen depletion in storing wood pellets and chips. The use of these fuels is increasing rapidly in some parts of the world, so we bring these papers together and make them free to access to help publicize this problem. Simply click on the titles below to read the full text free online.
Development of Off-Gas Emission Kinetics for Stored Wood Pellets
Chuigang Fan and Xiaotao T. Bi
Lethal Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Wood Pellet Storerooms—Two Cases and a Review of the Literature
Saskia Gauthier, Hildegard Grass, Martin Lory, Thomas Krämer, Michael Thali,and Christine Bartsch
Oxygen Depletion and Formation of Toxic Gases following Sea Transportation of Logs and Wood Chips
Urban Svedberg, Caroline Petrini, and Gunnar Johanson
(1) Effects of Headspace and Oxygen Level on Off-gas Emissions from Wood Pellets in Storage
Xingya Kuang, Tumuluru Jaya Shankar, Shahab Sokhansanj, C. Jim Lim,Xiaotao T. Bi, and Staffan Melin
(1) Rate and Peak Concentrations of Off-Gas Emissions in Stored Wood Pellets—Sensitivities to Temperature, Relative Humidity, and Headspace Volume
Xingya Kuang, Tumuluru Jaya Shankar, Xiaotao T. Bi, C. Jim Lim,Shahab Sokhansanj, and Staffan Melin
Emission of Volatile Aldehydes and Ketones from Wood Pellets under Controlled Conditions
Mehrdad Arshadi, Paul Geladi, Rolf Gref, and Pär Fjällström
(1) Characterization and Kinetics Study of Off-Gas Emissions from Stored Wood Pellets
Xingya Kuang, Tumuluru Jaya Shankar, Xiaotao T. Bi, Shahab Sokhansanj,C. Jim Lim, and Staffan Melin
Hazardous Off-Gassing of Carbon Monoxide and Oxygen Depletion during Ocean Transportation of Wood Pellets
Urban Svedberg, Jerker Samuelsson, and Staffan Melin
(2) Emission of Hexanal and Carbon Monoxide from Storage of Wood Pellets, a Potential Occupational and Domestic Health Hazard
URBAN R. A. SVEDBERG, HANS-ERIK HÖGBERG, JOHAN HÖGBERG, and BO GALLE
(1) See also corrigenda Ann Occup Hyg (2011) 55(6): 688
(2) See also corrigendum Ann Occup Hyg (2004) 48(4): 3
