Evaluation of a proposed area equation for improved exothermic process control

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 725-738

  McKernan, John L ^a,b   Ellenbecker, Michael J ^b   Holcroft, Christina A ^b   Petersen, Martin R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering controls; Heat and cold; Hot processes; Local exhaust; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MANUFACTURE; METEOROLOGY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VENTILATION; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ENGINEERING CONTROL DESIGN; EXOTHERMIC PROCESS CONTROL; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; PLUME AREA;

PROCESS CONTROL;

ANEMOMETER; ARTICLE; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; TEMPERATURE; VENTILATION;

EID: 36248954893     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mem053     Document Type: Article

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