Keeping KSC Fresh: An on campus study of how to test ventilation effectiveness

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Title

Keeping KSC Fresh: An on campus study of how to test ventilation effectiveness

Description

A combination of local ventilation (such as fume hoods) and general ventilation (which is the fresh air supplied to the room as a whole) is used to keep workers safe while they work with hazardous airborne chemicals. A key issue in designing these ventilation systems is how to optimize the balance between the local exhaust and general ventilation for a room. One method of assessing the balance of the ventilation in a room uses carbon dioxide (CO2) as a tracer gas (Stuart, et al, 2014).This poster will use three case studies from the Keene State College campus, to examine the strengths and limitations of using this CO2 test method. By reviewing CO2 assessments that have been completed in a science laboratory, paint booth, and printmaking shop, this poster will identify the architectural parameters that impact the effectiveness of this CO2 tracer test.

Ralph Stuart

Contributor

Keene State College

Creator

Benjamin M Weidman

Date

2017-10-11

Identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12088/8066

Subject

Safety and Occupational Health Applied Sciences

Type

Presentation

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Item sets

AEC 2017 School of Professional and Graduate Studies

Site pages

School of Professional and Graduate Studies