Local ventilation for powder handling - Combination of local supply and exhaust air

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 356-364

  Heinonen, Kimmo ^a   Kulmala, Ilpo ^a,b   Säämänen, Arto ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

computational fluid dynamics; dust control; local ventilation; manual powder handling

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BREATHING; EXHAUST GAS; GRAVIMETRY; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MATERIALS HANDLING; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWDER; ROOM VENTILATION; VELOCITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0029991239     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119691014891     Document Type: Article

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