The use of fume hood measurements in the risk assessment and management of laboratory work.

The classification of fume hoods in laboratories was conducted as a occupational protection part of risk assessment and management procedure. The fume hoods (n = 296) in laboratories were classified according to the observed face velocities. Classification scheme included descriptions of recommended use. Only 30 % of fume hoods were recommended for normal laboratory duties and 7 % were recommended not at all to be used.

Dimensioning and economical optimisation of an air curtain device.

The usage of Air curtain units, installed on the large openings of industrial buildings is one of the most practical and effective preventive methods applied against the uncontrolled outdoor cold air flows through the open doorways. The prevailing outdoor conditions and sometimes the indoor mechanical ventilation conditions do vary during the opening periods of the doorways of an industrial building.

Effect of quality and maintenance of the ventilation to the indoor air quality.

The aim of this study was to find out the indoor air quality in the real estates of the state and what was the effect of ventilation to the indoor air quality in these buildings.

Industrial ventilation research in Argentina.

The INBEMI (Instituto de Beneficio de Minerales) is a Research Institute of the National University of Salta, working on the areas of mineral processing and extractive metallurgy. At present, the INBEMI is mainly working in the field of boron industry using borates as raw material. The main borate deposits in Argentina are in the northwestern provinces, near the borders with Chile and Bolivia. Among the research studies an important place is given to the industrial ventilation, including the control of the air quality that is discharged to the external atmosphere.

The use of rotating vane anemometers to measure inlet grille velocities.

The rotating vane anemometer is an instrument that is widely used in the field by maintenance engineers and inspectors. The anemometer consists of a vane that is held at right angles to an airflow. In modem instruments the speed of rotation of the vane is sensed and measured electronically and the air speed, which is a function of the speed of rotation of the vane, is indicated on a meter.

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