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ANNALS OF OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE
卷 55, 期 5, 页码 476-484出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meq100
关键词
aerosols; aspiration efficiency; inhalability; inhalable convention; low wind speed
资金
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [5-RO1-OH002987-09]
The current convention for sampling inhalable aerosols was based on several mannequin studies performed in wind tunnels at wind speeds between 0.5 and 4 m s(-1). In reality, as we now know, the wind speed in most modern indoor working environments is generally at or below similar to 0.2 m s(-1). Inhalability studies performed in calm air aerosol chambers have shown that human aspiration efficiency at essentially zero wind speed is not consistent with the existing inhalable aerosol convention, calling into question the universal applicability of the current standard. More recently, experiments were carried out in a new hybrid wind tunnel-calm air chamber at more representative workplace wind speeds, between similar to 0.1 and 0.5 m s(-1), to fill in this knowledge gap. Comparing these new data to both the existing inhalable aerosol convention and a recently proposed alternative for low wind movement suggests that, while the existing inhalable aerosol convention remains appropriate for wind speeds above similar to 0.2 m s(-1), the modified version is more appropriate for the range below similar to 0.2 m s(-1).
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