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Research Title
Environmental Pollution from Chimney Smoke Research Proposal
Research Summary
Around the world, almost half of the households use wood or charcoal as their
primary energy source for cooking and other related activities. In developed nations,
many individuals use wood or charcoal as a heat source during the wintertime inhouse
fireplaces and chimneys. Wood-burning stoves are considered one of the main sources of
air pollution worldwide. Wood-burning stoves produce 450 times the amount of air
pollutants that gas heating produces. Smoke from wood-burning stoves passes through a
person's lungs, triggering asthma, premature deaths, and heart attacks. Research has
shown that wood burning as an energy source contributes to 2 percent of the world's
climate change. Also, chimney smoke from industrial smoke released into the
environment causes air pollution. Many industries, especially developing countries, do
not have smoke filters that prevent dangerous smoke particles from entering the air and
causing pollution.
This project seeks to identify numerous solutions that can be implemented to reduce
the level of pollution resulting from chimney smoke. This project will be implemented by
researching and selecting the different potential solutions that can help reduce pollution
from chimney smoke. The project will also discuss the numerous barriers preventing the
elimination of worldwide chimney smoke. The main purpose of this project is to add to
the existing information on the numerous ways chimney smoke pollution can be reduced
worldwide.
Introduction
Chimney smoke, both from households and industrial emissions, enter the
environment causing air pollution that has adverse health and environmental impacts on
people. Chimney smoke causes hazardous air pollutants that can result in cancer to
individuals who inhale them. Fine particle pollution, mostly from chimney smoke, causes
damage to the individual's lung tissues resulting in respiratory problems. The main
pollutants that are added to the environment and are harmful to people's health include
Carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides, among others. Chimney smoke also adds to the
environment's high levels of carbon dioxide, one of the greenhouse gases resulting in
increased global warming. Global warming usually leads to adverse impacts such as
climate change.
Therefore, it is important to devise new ways to deal with the chimney smoke that
involves reducing or cleaning it before it enters the air or environment. People around the
world who use firewood for heating or as a source of energy can practice numerous ways
that help to reduce the release of chimney smoke into the environment. Also, industrial
complexes that produce products by producing smoke through their chimney can learn to
implement a different smoke-sieving mechanism that helps reduce the number of air
pollutants released into the environment. Smoke from the chimney can result in
unpleasant smells or odors that can affect the daily lives of neighbors difficult. That's. It
is important to develop solutions for preventing the release of smoke into the air through
the chimney in both households and industrial complexes. This project aims to develop
numerous solutions that can help curb air pollution from chimney smoke.
Problem Statement
Chimney smoke releases hazardous air pollutants to the environment, adversely
impacting people and the environment. Chimney smoke causes cancer and climate
change that adversely impacts people and the environment. Today, although many
solutions to clean the chimney smoke before it is released into the air exists, they have
not been very effective in reducing air pollution. Without the implementation of effective
approaches to curb air pollution from chimney smoke, cancer illnesses will persist, and
climate change will continue to impact us and the environment. Thus, developing new
and improved ways to deal with air pollution from chimney smoke is necessary.
Research Questions
This research study seeks to answer the following research questions:
1. What are the various pollutants produced by chimney smoke, and what can be
done to reduce their release into the environment?
2. What are the impacts of chimney smoke on the health of individuals and the
quality of air outside?
3. What are the different sources of chimney smoke?
4. What are the proposed solutions to eliminate or reduce the levels of chimney
smoke released to the environment from both households and industrial chimneys?
Research Objectives
The main research objective for this project is to develop the most effective ways of
reducing the harmful impacts of chimney smoke on individuals and the environment through air
pollution. The other research objective will be to find why numerous past solutions developed to
curb harmful chimney smoke release have not effectively reduced air pollution. Lastly, the
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research will seek to offer recommendations on how to best implement the developed solutions
to make them more effective in reducing air pollution through chimney smoke releases into the
air.
Literature Review
According to ElSharkawy and Ibrahim (2022), many households, especially in developing
countries, use charcoal or wood as fuel to cook, heat water, and perform other activities. Many
wood or charcoal stoves are placed inside kitchens with chimney smoke. In such countries, there
are developed ways of cleaning the smoke produced while burning wood or charcoal; thus, it is
released into the environment raw (ElSharkawy & Ibrahim, 2022). The smoke released into the
air carries huge amounts of harmful or hazardous pollutants and greenhouse gases. These air
pollutants cause harmful health effects to individuals, such as cancer of the lungs and respiratory
issues. The greenhouse gases produced by the chimney smoke enter the air or environment,
causing an increase in the level of global temperature (ElSharkawy & Ibrahim, 2022). The
increases in global earth temperature result in changes in the climate of many places around the
world, making them largely inhabitable.
Gonzalez-Martin et al. (2021) argue that fireplaces in the developed world, such as the
United States, are very common, especially in urban centers. Many people use fireplaces to
warm up their houses, especially during the cold season. Most of these fireplaces use wood as the
source of heat, with its smoke directed to the outdoors through chimney smokes (Gonzalez-
Martin et al., 2021). Once released into the air, the smoke becomes a source of pollution for the
surrounding neighborhoods. In addition to the numerous air pollutants that the smoke carries, it
also leads to an unpleasant smell that can impact or disrupt the normal lives of people in the area.
This smoke can lead to respiratory problems among the neighbors o the owners as well as cancer
illnesses.
According to
Volodin, Marfina, and Tsvetkovich (2020), industrial chimney smoke (fog) is
one of the leading air pollutants around the world in both developed and developing countries.
Many industrial production processes involve heat energy, especially from boilers that produce a
lot of smoke (fog) through their chimneys. The smoke produced through these chimneys is very
dense and carries a huge number of pollutants with it into the air. Also, many production
industries, especially those focused on plastics and fertilizers, produce huge amounts of smoke
during the stages of production, which is sent outdoors through chimneys (Volodin, Marfina,
&Tsvetkovich, 2020). Some of the chimneys are fitted with special filtering mechanisms that
help to capture the toxic elements from the smoke from being released into the environment and
causing air pollution. However, other chimneys are not fitted with such a special filtering
mechanism, which releases toxic elements into the air, causing air pollution. For instance, in
India, many industries are not fitted with filtering equipment, which releases toxic smoke in
many towns, causing fog. Sometimes the fog is very dense, which reduces the area's visibility
(Sharma et al., 2019). Therefore, compared to other developed countries around the world, India
is considered to be the country with the most air pollution from industrial chimneys since they do
not have toxic pollutants filters.
In conclusion, chimney smoke is one of the biggest air pollutants in and around the areas
where they are used, be it households or industrial complexes. The smoke produced through
these chimneys, mostly from wood or charcoal burning as well as production lines of industries,
causes the release of toxic pollutants into the air, which are harmful to both individuals and the
environment. Thus, developing effective ways to ensure the smoke released from chimneys is
filtered before entering the air is important to reduce air pollution.
Research Methodology
Research Design and Procedures
The research design for this study will take the form of a descriptive design. The descriptive
design will help conduct a systematic review of the chimney smoke and its ability to cause air
pollution. The design will involve analyzing past articles concerning the research question and
answering the question by preparing a comprehensive report. The design will establish an article
selection criterion by developing a comprehensive search strategy that will allow for the
collection of the most recent and relevant articles concerning the topic of study. After selecting
the articles, they will then be analyzed, and evidence answering the research question will be
collected and prepared, then presented understandably.
Data Collection and Analysis Procedures
The data collection procedures will involve going through all the selected articles and other
relevant resources that seek to answer the developed research question. The evidence in the
various articles will be recorded, analyzed, and prepared understandably. The study will employ
the text analysis method to analyze data obtained from different databases to establish the pattern
concerning air pollution by chimney smoke and what can be done to reduce or eliminate it.
Research Plan & Time Schedule
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Phase
A planned sequence of major
tasks
Approximate Period (week)
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