A simple and inexpensive method for determining the effective ventilation rate in a negatively pressurized room using airborne particles as a tracer

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 704-710

  Pavelchak, N ^a   Palmer, W ^b   DePersis, R P ^a   London, M A ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Custom Air Conrols Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Negative pressure; Particle counter; Sulfur hexafluoride; Tracer gas; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MONITORING; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM VENTILATION; TECHNIQUE;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; VENTILATION;

EID: 0036785308     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220290096195     Document Type: Article

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