In order to replicate operation of a typical domestic boiler in the laboratory, 13 boilers (6 oil-fired, 4 gas-fired and 3 wood pellet) were monitored over a heating season and the operating characteristics such as total running time, number of start-ups, typical running time during each cycle were recorded. This recorded data was then analysed to determine a suitable duty cycle for use in the laboratory and was also used to determine an appropriate emission factor that accounted for all operating modes.

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SAFER-Data Display URL	https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=251
Resource Keywords	domestic boiler duty cycle measurement oil gas wood pellet PM NOx emission inventory emission factor
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code	2007-CCRP-4.4.2
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme	Climate Change
Resource Availability:	Public-Open
Limitations on the use of this Resource
Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download):	3
Project Start Date	Thursday 1st January 2009 (01-01-2009)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Friday 30th April 2010 (30-04-2010)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Saturday 1st May 2010 (01-05-2010)
Published on SAFER	Sunday 18th December 2011 (18-12-2011)
Date of Last Edit	Sunday 18th December 2011 at 16:55:57 (18-12-2011)
Datasets or Files Updated On	Sunday 18th December 2011 at 16:55:57 (18-12-2011)

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Boilers were installed at the following locations: Clane, Kildare; Donadea, Kildare; Avoca, Wicklow; Drumcondra, Dublin; Stillorgan, Dublin; Raheny, Dublin, Inchicore, Dublin and Wicklow Flue gas temperature was recorded at 1 minute intervals over an extended period of time at 13 different locations and the resulting temperature-time trace was analysed to determine total running time, number of start-ups etc. This data was then used in the laboratory and also to derive an average emission factor that allows for all boiler operating modes

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