Cotton dust control studies: effects of engineering controls, washing cotton, and additives.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Batra SK ; Fornes RE ; Hersh SP
• Description:
  Cotton dust control studies carried out by North Carolina State University since 1973 are reviewed. The purpose of the investigations has been to examine means for reducing respirable dust emission during carding, as well as to evaluate the relative merits of various dust sampling devices. Included in the topics reviewed are the effects of lint cleaners at the gin, experimental feeder/cleaners at the gin, steaming cotton at the gin, cleaning pneumafil filter, efficacy of cottonmaster as a cleaning device, effect of washing cotton before processing, humidifiers as sources of respirable dust, additives as dust suppressants, electrostatic precipitator aircleaning devices, particle size distribution of cotton dust, evaluation of short term samplers, and particle sizing via light scattering. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Gossypium Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Air-quality-control Control-methods Cotton-industry Dust-collection Dust-collectors Dust-control-equipment Dust-extraction NIOSH-Grant NIOSH-Publication Plant-dusts
• ISSN:
  0040-5175
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  51
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00121765
• Citation:
  Tex Res J 1981 Nov; 51(11):714-722
• Contact Point Address:
  Textile Materials & Management North Carolina State Univ Post Office Box 5006 Raleigh, N C 27607
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1982
• Performing Organization:
  North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, North Carolina
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19771101
• Source Full Name:
  Textile Research Journal
• End Date:
  19820930
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:332e5f697049914984857a14f1ea3c657fbbd6c4b426a03921dc3386e6b16de90f829d07a60f55542ea7210550ce3ec59532da30aaf320daacd64c0ce4d499fd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184531/cdc_184531_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 701.97 KB ]