Effectiveness of duct cleaning methods on newly installed duct surfaces

Indoor Air

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 212-222

  Holopainen, R ^a   Asikainen, V ^b   Tuomainen, M ^a   Bjorkroth M ^a   Pasanen, P ^b   Seppanen O ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brushing; Cleaning force; Compressed air cleaning; Duct; Dust; Oil residues

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANERS; DUST; LABORATORIES; METAL CLEANING; PRESSURE VESSELS;

AIR DUCT CLEANINGS; BRUSHING; CLEANING FORCE; CLEANING METHODS; COMPRESSED-AIR CLEANING; CONSTRUCTION SITES; DUCT CLEANING; LABORATORY TEST; MECHANICAL BRUSHING; OIL RESIDUES;

COMPRESSED AIR;

OIL; METAL; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DUST; DUST CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; TECHNIQUE; AIR CONDITIONING; BUILDING MATERIAL; HYGIENE; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; TIME;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DUST; HYGIENE; METALS; OILS; PLASTICS; TIME FACTORS; VENTILATION;

EID: 0141941256     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0668.2003.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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