Are you a practicing occupational hygienist wondering how to find a substitute organic solvent that is safer to use than the hazardous one your company is using? Chapter 6 is your resource. Are you a new hygienist looking for an alternative technology as a nonventilation substitute for an existing hazard? Chapter 8 is your resource. Are you looking for an overview of ventilation? Chapters 10 and 11 are your resource? Are you an industrial hygiene student wanting to learn about local exhaust ventilation? Chapters 13 through 16 are your resource. Are you needing to learn about personal protective equipment and respirators? Chapters 21 and 22 are your resources. This new edition brings all of these topics and more right up-to-date with new material in each chapter, including new governmental regulations.
While many of the controls of airborne hazards have their origins in engineering, this author has been diligent in explaining concepts, writing equations in understandable terms, and covering the topics of non-ventilation controls, both local exhaust and general ventilation, and receiver controls at the level needed by most IHs without getting too advanced. Taken as a whole, this book provides a unique, comprehensive tool to learn the challenging yet rewarding role that industrial hygiene can play in controlling airborne chemical hazards at work.
Most chapters contain a set of practice problems with the solutions available to instructors.
Features
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Written for the novice industrial hygienist but useful to prepare for ABIH certification
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Explains engineering concepts but requires no prior engineering background
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Includes specific learning goals that differentiate the depth of learning appropriate to each topic within the fuller information and explanations provided for each chapter
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Contains updated governmental regulations and abundant references
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Presents a consistent teaching philosophy and approach throughout the book
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Deals with both ventilation and non-ventilation controls
Preface
Chapter 1 : An Introduction to Industrial Hygiene Chemical Hazard Control
Chapter 2 : Basic Gas and Vapor Behavior
Chapter 3 : Basic Aerosol Behavior
Chapter 4 : Chemical Exposure Control Criteria
Chapter 5 : Vapor Generation and Plume Behavior
Chapter 6 : Vapor Pressure from Mixtures
Chapter 7 : Changing the Workplace
Chapter 8 : Source Control Via Substitution
Chapter 9 : Other Source and Non-Ventilation Pathway Controls
Chapter 10 : An Overview of Local Exhaust Ventilation
Chapter 11 : Ventilation Flow Rates and Pressures
Chapter 12 : Measuring Ventilation Flow Rates
Chapter 13 : Selecting and Designing Local Exhaust Hoods
Chapter 14 : Predicting Pressure Losses in Ventilation Systems
Chapter 15 : Exhaust Air Cleaners and Stacks
Chapter 16 : Ventilation Fans
Chapter 17 : Ventilation Operating Costs
Chapter 18 : Local Exhaust Ventilation System Management
Chapter 19 : General Ventilation and Transient Conditions
Chapter 20 : General Ventilation in Steady State Conditions
Chapter 21 : Administrative Controls and Chemical Personal Protective Equipment
Chapter 22 : Respirator Controls
Appendix A : VHRs for Volatile Chemicals Listed Alphabetically
Appendix B : VHRs for Volatile Chemicals Listed by Hazard
Appendix C : AHDD and ACDD Values for Selected US Cities
Index
