this is an interesting study that i came across a month or so ago, that might just help your candle cause...
Postulate I: A typical candle produces about 13 lumens of visible light, from a total power output of about 40 W, most of which is heat.
Postulate II: A 40 W electric incandescent light bulb consumes 40 W of electric power, and produces approximately 500 lumens of visible light output.
Postulate III: The overwhelming majority of candles are made from petroleum, in the form of paraffin wax. Paraffin wax has a heat of combustion of approximately 42 kJ/g, and can be assumed to consist, chemically, entirely of pentacosane -
.
Postulate IV: The average greenhouse gas emissions intensity for electric power generation in Australia is about 800 g
/kWh, and electricity is transmitted with transmission losses of about 7%.
= 352.68 g/mol;
= 44.0 g/mol.
Thus, we know the emission of carbon dioxide from burning candles:
- per candle per hour.
i've tried 4 large candles in my vegetation room, however i noticed no increased results at this point.
my most recent CO2 endeavor has included watering twice a week with Club Soda (mineral free). the theory is that as it bubbles (obviously expends gasses into the roots, which can't absorb CO2) so the gas rises to the leaves. The part that has interested me most are the air bubbles created within the soil as the gas is released. I believe that this could possibly help the roots absorb O2.
hope this helps!