Cleaning initiation criteria for Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) systems in non-industrial buildings

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 116, Issue PART 2, 2010, Pages 476-482

  Lavoie, Jacques ^a   Bahloul, Ali ^a   Clouttier, Yves ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ROBERT SAUVÉ EN SANTÉ ET EN SÉCURITÉ DU TRAVAIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SYSTEMS; CLEANING WORK; HVAC SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS; LEVEL-1; NUMERICAL EVALUATIONS; OBJECTIVE METHODS; SAMPLING METHOD; SURFACE SAMPLING; VISUAL ASSESSMENTS; VISUAL INSPECTION;

AIR CLEANERS; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR CONDITIONING DUCTS; CLEANING; DUST; HEATING; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 79952677064     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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