Kerosene-water type emulsions are generally used in these studies, whereas studies with crude oil emulsions are rarely seen so that the results cannot be extrapolated as to the performance of the biodemulsifiers in the demulsification of petroleum emulsions.
They use different types of energy sources such as firewood and agricultural residues as traditional energy types while LPG and kerosene as modern energy types.
Beyond 24/7 towing and repair work, Mr. Dixon prides himself on helping churches distribute the butchered deer meat and offering a special type of kerosene to heat the homes of elderly residents.
Our investigation supports other findings that use of biomass as a household fuel is a risk factor for ALRI, and provides new evidence that the types of kerosene and kerosene stoves used in Nepal for cooking may also be a risk factor for ALRI in young children.
In relation to the proportion of time the child spent in the kitchen during cooking, we found marked differences across primary stove types: For kerosene the proportion of children reported to be in the kitchen all of the time was 89%, compared with 29% for biomass (47% for electricity and 60% for gas).
A logistic regression model including a set of confounders for adjustment [age, sex, HAZ, WAZ, type of domestic fuel (kerosene or wood), smoking, crowdedness, and hematocrit level] was then applied.
The 15 kerosene-functioning refrigerators were all of the same type (RCW50 EK) and consumed on average 35 L of kerosene per month.
Previous types were a synthetic paraffinic kerosene derived from coal and natural gas and a bio-mass fuel derived from plant-oils and animal fats known as Hydroprocessed Renewable Jet.
Behera and Jindal [ 11] reported prevalences of respiratory symptoms for different types of fuel users (biomass, kerosene, LPG and mixed) in Indian women and found that respiratory symptoms did not follow any clear pattern: chronic bronchitis was greater in biomass users, cough greater in kerosene users and breathlessness in mixed fuel users.
Other variables were households having or not having the following items: a radio, a sewing machine, an electric flat iron, type of bed, charcoal flat iron, a bed net, kerosene lamp, kerosene stove, car, tea table, refrigerator, television set, sound stereo, telephone, mattress, wheel barrow, cell phone and camera.
