Investigating the impact of improved cookstoves in Kenyan schools on PM10, CO,CO2,CH4 and N2O levels
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Date
2009Author
Ngeywo, Emmanuel C
Type
ThesisLanguage
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The thesis is a culmination of efforts to quantify the benefits accrued by
institutions on switching from traditional cook stoves to improved institutional
stoves in terms ofIndoor Air Pollution, Greenhouse gas emissions and fuelwood
consumption, and also to develop a tool for rapid estimations of emission
avoidance when a school switches from using traditional stoves to improved
institutional stoves given the school enrollment at any time. These were achieved
by way of a questionnaire survey, bibliographic studies, and 24 - hour
continuous real-rime emission concentration (PM10and CO) monitoring in
selected kitchens of both primary and secondary boarding schools in Kenya. A
total of 22 schools were involved in the study. Fuelwood consumption rates in
these institutions were determined, so was the moisture content of the fuelwood.
Citation
M.Sc (Environmental Chemistry) Thesis 2009Sponsorhip
University of NairobiPublisher
Depatment of Chemistry, University of Nairobi
Description
Master of Arts Thesis