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Document ID (ISN)32491
CIS number 79-1909
Year 1978
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Rakoczy T.
Title Ventilation at the workplace - Natural and mechanical ventilation, exhaust ventilation
Original title Belüftung von Arbeitsräumen - Lüftung, Zuluft, Absaugung [in German]
Bibliographic information Nr.19, Schriftenreihe Arbeitsschutz, Moderne Arbeitsstätten, Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Unfallforschung, Postfach 17 02 02, 4600 Dortmund 17, Germany (Fed.Rep.), 1978, p.93-125. Illus.
Abstract Parameters for evaluation of ventilation plant are defined: air flow required for respiration and CO2 dilution, air renewal rate, temperature and relative humidity, air speed. The dilution and push-pull ventilation systems are explained with diagrams. The commonest system is dilution, the various types of which (tangential or diffuse airflow, horizontal or vertical flow, inlet and outlet at floor or ceiling level) are described.
Descriptors (primary) ventilation; microclimate; ventilation design
Descriptors (secondary) air temperature; humidity; air exchange rate; mechanical ventilation; exhaust ventilation; natural ventilation
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Heating, ventilation and climate
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Ventilation