Effect of baffles and a louvered bypass on the airflow and the convective patterns of contaminant inside a fume hood

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 303-312

  Hu, Peixin ^a   Ingham, D B ^a   Wen, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Containment testing; Fume hoods; Numerical predictions

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENT; FUME; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

EID: 0031749166     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119891010550     Document Type: Article

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