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A study of emissions and marker gases from smouldering combustion in Larix gmelinii plantations of the Daxing’an Mountains

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Underground fires are characterized by smouldering combustion with a slow rate of spread rate and without flames. Although smouldering combustion releases large amounts of gaseous pollutants, it is difficult to discover by today’s forest fire monitoring technologies. Carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) were identified as high concentration marker gases of smouldering combustion-easily-be monitored. According to a two-way ANOVA, combustion time had a significant impact on CO and NOx emissions; smoldering -depth also had a significant impact on NOx emissions but not on CO emissions. Gas emission equations were established by multiple linear regression, Cco = 156.989 − 16.626 t and CNOx = 3.637 − 0.252 t − 0.039 h.

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  1. Wildland Fire Prevention and Fighting Innovation Center of Beihua University, Forestry College of Beihua University, 3999 Binjiang East Road, Jilin City, 132013, Jilin Province, People’s Republic of China

    Shuyuan Tang, Sainan Yin, Yanlong Shan, Bo Gao, Xiyue Han, Mingxia Wang & Zongshi Chen

  2. College of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin, 150040, Heilongjiang Province, People’s Republic of China

    Long Sun

  3. The Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, State Forestry and Grassland Administration’s Key Open Laboratory of Forest Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, 100091, People’s Republic of China

    Mingyu Wang

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Tang, S., Yin, S., Shan, Y. et al. A study of emissions and marker gases from smouldering combustion in Larix gmelinii plantations of the Daxing’an Mountains. J. For. Res. 33, 195–201 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-021-01323-x

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