International Journal of Environmental Science and Development

Abstract—The practice of burning gold paper in Taiwan is a profound yet common culture event, but it causes air pollution and, thus, environmental impact. The design scheme preserves the traditional customs and reduces the smoke and tiny particles diffused to the ambient air. Concept design-I is a rectangular tube structure with a partition frame to form a second combustion chamber. These partitions need a place among the internal space. Concept design-II uses a circular tube structure with better aesthetic expression. But the fabrication accuracy and installation of a circular structure are troublesome to achieve. We choose the concept-I as the implemented model. The functional model has shown much less smoke generated with the help of a secondary combustion chamber.

Index Terms—Ritual furnace, environmental impact, redesign, combustion chamber.

The authors are with the Department of Industrial Design, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan (e-mail: flin@cyut.edu.tw).

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Cite: Wei-Long Chen, Cheng-Chi Chang, and Fang-Lin Chao, "Redesign of a Traditional Ritual Furnace for Reducing Environmental Impact," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 138-142, 2020.

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