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the roastery without the afterburner all these years is safe. why should we play?

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i want to ask you the truth about this.

I know that roasting smoke has bad VOC and particulate for health. But there's been a lot of nastiness going on for years without afterburner, without a special air purification system, and there's nothing to complain about issue respiratory.

There's now a push from several forums and communities of roasting for "mandatory" having an afterburner or catalytic oxidizer. It comes from real regulation, from vendors that want to sell equipments, or from genuine health concern?

Any concrete data on the health impact of the roastry without a smoke system compared to the existing one?
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pertanyaan yang valid. dari sisi data, ada studi di European Occupational Safety and Health Agency soal exposure roastery workers terhadap diacetyl dan acrolein, dua senyawa yang ada di roasting exhaust. level exposure-nya tergantung sangat besar pada ventilasi dan volume roasting, bukan semata ada atau tidaknya afterburner.
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the afterburner is not just about health, there are regulatory components as well. Some cities in Europe and the US now have ambient water quality standards that the coffee roasting exaid must be comply. There hasn't been any specific regulation for roasting yet, but that doesn't mean free forever.
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from a more pragmatic perspective: roastrial in residential or near residential areas, complaints from neighbors about the smell of real coffee smoke. it can get to the domain complaint to the entry or environmental service. afterburners reduce significant smells and smoke out.
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that roasting smell I don't understand. Make the roaster itself smell nice, but for the neighbors exposed for hours maybe not. In terms of relations with the surrounding communities, the smoke system is a social investment license, not just technical.
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there's a nuance that is often lost in this discussion: the afterburner that is operated is not correct. It can be more dangerous than having no afterburner. setting temperature afterburner not high enough, for example under 700 degrees Celsius, will not fully combust some volatile compound. It doesn't matter that it doesn't only have the tools but it operates properly.
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this is what i know. so the afterburner that doesn't function optimal can false sense of security? need an operational understanding of the minimum?
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warning: catalytic oxidizer that requires routine maintenance. the saturated catalyst is ineffective and could be an unwanted source of compound release. if you want to install it, make sure there's a commitment to the schedule schedule.

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