Development of an Empirical Formula for Describing Human Inhalability of Airborne Particles at Low Wind Speeds and Calm Air
| Autor: | Alexandra L Cox, Rodney G. Handy, Darrah K. Sleeth, Matthew S. Thiese |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Aerosols
Air Movements Inhalation Exposure Meteorology Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Sampling (statistics) Air Pollutants Occupational Wind Aerodynamics Wind speed Aerosol Occupational Exposure Range (aeronautics) Empirical formula Humans Environmental science Technical committee Particle Size Current (fluid) Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Work Exposures and Health. 63:1046-1060 |
| ISSN: | 2398-7316 2398-7308 |
| Popis: | Based on experiments conducted in low wind speed and calm air environments, the current International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and European Committee for Standardization (CEN) convention modeling human aerosol inhalability (i.e. aspiration efficiency) may not be valid when wind speeds are less than 0.5 ms−1. Additionally, the convention is based primarily on mouth breathing data and aerosols with aerodynamic diameters smaller than 100 µm. Since the convention's development, experimental inhalation data at wind speeds lower than 0.5 ms−1 for nose, mouth, and oronasal breathing have been generated for aerosols in a wider range of sizes (1.5–135 µm). These data were gathered and modeled with the intention of providing a simple convention recommendation for inhalability in low wind speed (>0 to |
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