Eliminating respirable dust from the cotton workplace by purifying humidifier water: a cost analysis

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• Personal Author:
  Batra SK ; Dyer CL ; Hersh SP ; Leonard MH
• Description:
  The cost of an alternative method of reducing the dust concentration to which cotton mill workers are exposed was examined. This method involved the purification of humidifier water to prevent the release of dissolved solids in the water into the atmosphere of the facility. Studies have estimated that when atomizers are used for humidification, dust removal by demineralization of the water supplied to the atomizers can be achieved at a fraction of the cost compared with the cost of removing an equivalent amount of dust by conventional air filtration technology. The cost reduction ranged from 1/30 to 1/9th of the cost of systems designed to remove dust once it enters the air. The cost effectiveness of these controls will be greater in colder weather when it is necessary to add more water to the atmosphere of the workplace to achieve comfortable humidity levels. When humidification is supplied to workplace air by air washer systems, the benefits of supply water demineralization are not as dramatic. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dust Gossypium Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Control-technology Cotton-industry Cotton-mill-workers Dust-control NIOSH-Grant NIOSH-Publication Workplace-studies
• 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:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00185856
• Citation:
  Tex Res J 1981 Oct; 51(10):642-649
• 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:a2c16b7efce4e996ec56ca3b481f72d6c97fa39a1609bff9376b099c5a700b8c3f1c613139f8d7f144343eb68cf3eea55c504d00b0d92cd9b233f4de638a96f6
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/204586/cdc_204586_DS1.pdf
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