Table 7.

Comparison of Emission Factors with Published Results.^a

Compound	Units	This study	References
			[5; 6]	[8]	[2; 3]	[41]g
PM2.5	g/kg oilc	58±14
Total PM	g/kg oilc	70±8.3	75±22	87±15c		48±9%c,f
PCDD/PCDF	ng TEQ/kg oilc	1.2±0.29	1.7
PCDD/PCDF	ng/kg oilc	35±23	74
PAH16 Particle phase	mg/kg oilc	288 ± 83	4.7i
PAH16	mg/kg oilc	980 ± 157
EC	g EC/kg oilc	49±16		66±18		22±27%f
BC	g C/kg	62±12			39, 35b
BC	g BC/kg oilc	53±10
OC	g OC/kg oilc	3.2±1.7		5.2		2.2±27%f
OC	g C/kg oilc			7±3
EC/PM	ratio	0.81±0.08	0.77±0.08’	0.75		0.46±18%f
CO	g CO/kg oilc	58±13		30	54	18
CO	g C/kg oilc	25±5.6		13	23, 27b	7.6±26%f
CO2	g CO2/kg oilc	3,023±21		2,810		2,988
CO2	g C/kg	824±5.7		767±16		815±1%f
CH4	g CO4/kg oilc	1.0±0.45				1.7±44%
CH4	g C/kg	0.75±0.33				1.3±44%
Particles	Particles/kg	5.5±1.3 ×1015			3.9×1015d
MCE	Fraction	0.978±0.004		0.983
VOCs	g/kg oilc	3.4±1.2e		5±6h
MSEE    405 nm	m2/g	10.8±1.4			10.2±4.1
532 nm		9.0±1.2			7.1±2.8

^aBlank - no data. MCE = modified combustion efficiency. MSEE = Mass specific extinction efficiency.

^bAssumes a 90% burn efficiency of oil.

^cPM < 3.5 µm.

^dPM size 0.004–1 µm.

^eSum of U.S. EPA methods TO-15 and TO-11A (88 VOCs).

^fRange of data = relative percent difference.

^gTwo pool fires.

^hSum of 140 different VOCs.

ⁱReference [6].