Effects of sash movement and walk-bys on aerodynamics and contaminant leakage of laboratory fume cupboards

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-208

  Tseng, Li Ching ^a   Huang, Rong Fung ^b   Chen, Chih Chieh ^a   Chang, Cheng Ping ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flow visualization; Laboratory fume cupboard; Tracer gas; Turbulent dispersion; Vortex

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FUME; FUME CUPBOARD; LABORATORY APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; SMOKE; VORTEX MOTION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CONTAINMENT OF BIOHAZARDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LABORATORIES; MANIKINS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VENTILATION;

EID: 34249029636     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.199     Document Type: Article

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