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Wildfire Emissions From European Boreal Fuels: Effects of Fuel Type and Moisture Content
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Safety and Transport, Fire and Safety.
Division of Fire Safety Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Safety and Transport, Fire and Safety.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5420-164x
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Safety and Transport, Fire and Safety.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8670-062x
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2026 (English)In: Fire and Materials, ISSN 0308-0501, E-ISSN 1099-1018Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The increasing severity of wildfires poses significant challenges through the release of greenhouse gases and other harmful gases and particles. Although field measurements exist, there is a lack of systematic data collection to understand the influence of moisture content on the particle and gas emissions of boreal fuels, particularly for European boreal forest fuels. This study investigates the influence of moisture content and fuel type on flaming combustion emission characteristics of surface fuels collected from two Swedish forest types, which share key characteristics with fire-prone forests across the European boreal. The results are based on bench-scale controlled combustion conditions in a cone calorimeter, where gaseous and particle emissions were measured using Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy and an Electrical Low-Pressure Impactor, respectively. Moisture content of the fuels only insignificantly affected combustion efficiency, with higher moisture content leading to increased emissions of incomplete combustion products (CO, CH4 and NH3). Thus, although moisture affects the amount of fine fuel consumed in a wildfire, it is not significant for the emissions factors during the flaming combustion. The combustion of mosses was instead significantly less efficient than that of litter for all moisture contents. Average emission factors highlighted clear differences between fuel types, with mosses producing higher CO (87 ± 20 g/kg) and lower CO2 (1350 ± 220 g/kg) compared to litter (47 ± 12 g/kg and 1620 ± 81 g/kg, respectively). Particle emissions were strongly dependent on fuel type with (Formula presented.) of 29 ± 12 g/kg for mosses compared to 98 ± 15 g/kg for Pinus sylvestris needles and twigs

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Wiley , 2026.
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boreal, cone calorimeter, emissions, moisture, wildfire
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-82608DOI: 10.1002/fam.70091Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105046989207OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-82608DiVA, id: diva2:2095703
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Funding text 1: This work was supported by Svenska Forskningsr\u00E5det Formas, 2022\u201001843. 

Funding text 2: This project was funded by FORMAS (2022\u201001843). The authors are grateful to cone operators Sven Karlsson and Peter Lindqvist, as well as Lena Brive who performed the PAH analysis.

Funding details: Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas; Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas, (2022‐01843)

Available from: 2026-08-27 Created: 2026-08-27 Last updated: 2026-08-27Bibliographically approved

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