Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 24 ISSUE 4
Written by Tarek FOUDA, Nourhan KASSAB

The process of smoking fish uses heat resulting from burning biomass fuel, which is a source of greenhouse gas emissions. There are many ovens that use electricity and firewood as a source for energy. The study aimed to calculate the amount of emissions resulting from burning wood, such as nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide, particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and carbon dioxide equivalents, and to determine the carbon footprint of fish smoking factories to reduce the negative effects of greenhouse gas emissions. The results showed that the amount of Nitrogen oxides gas produced from the factory per year was 0.007 ton NOx, Sulphur dioxide was 0.0009 ton SO₂, Particulate Matter was 0.0438 ton PM, Volatile Organic Compounds was 0.0876 ton VOCs, Carbon Monoxide was 0.613 ton CO, Carbon dioxide was 6.92 ton CO₂, the emissions from the amount of fuel used was 788 ton CO₂-eq, the emissions of electricity use was equal to 38.3 ton CO₂-eq. In the end, the total amount of emissions produced from the factory is 99.5 ton of CO₂-eq yr^2=-1.

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