Instruments and techniques used in evaluating the performance of air flow systems.

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• Personal Author:
  Fulwiler RD
• Description:
  The evaluation of air flow systems is discussed, with information on practical approaches to system evaluation, using up-to-date instrumentation and techniques. The bases for system evaluation are stated. Evaluation may be visual using visible smoke or fumes, or instrumental using anemometers, pitot tubes, manometers, aneroid gauges or transducers. Use of these instruments within the system is described. Calibration of the instruments is considered. The design of systems, their operating performance, and maintenance and survey frequency are discussed.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Coal Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Fuel Oils Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Preceptorship Safety Waste Management

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• Keywords:
  Air-contamination Air-quality-control Environmental-engineering Measurement-instrumentation Measurement-methods Safety-engineering Ventilation-systems
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Chapter
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  583-596
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00074568
• Citation:
  The industrial environment - its evaluation and control, 3rd edition. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 74-117, 1973 Jan; :583-596
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1973
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ffc8b68e18c6258d32320e934a07b858624f6bf24a05a0066fbabb42aa332a058c316db7e3df9f930f70b52f634b7cbf38fe442ad77df823ac5418e39e123090
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178824/cdc_178824_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 595.62 KB ]