6. Glossary
Air ambiant ; Ambient air
Typical indoor air in production workshops with workers.
Air propre; Clean air
Air that has passed through a filtration device to lower its particle concentration according to size.
Protected area; Zone protégée
Area swept by clean air.
Mixing layer; Couche de mélange
The region separating two flows with different characteristics, where mixing takes place. This region can also be called an "interface".
Jet; Jet
Flow generated by an initial momentum or buoyancy and most often developing in a quiescent environment. The jet is a region of mixed fluid.
Sillage ; Wake
Flow downstream of an obstacle...
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Bibliography
Events
ContaminExpo – Exhibition and conference on contamination control and cleanrooms, held every two years in Paris (odd-numbered years):
Standards and norms
ISO
- Classification de la propreté particulaire de l'air, NF EN ISO 14644-1 (février 2016). - ISO 14644-1 - 2015
- Ergonomics of thermal environments – Analytical determination and interpretation of thermal comfort by calculating PMV and PPD indices and local thermal comfort criteria. - ISO 7730 - 2005
- Filtres à air à haute...
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Regulations
World Health Organization (WHO) – Ambient air quality and health. Fact Sheet No. 313 (2016).
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs313/fr/
Directive 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 21, 2008 on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe.
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Patents
Device for protecting an operating area and corresponding method (FR3008782).
Air flow diffusion system (FR2973100).
Filtered air diffuser (FR2900718).
Method and device for close protection of a work surface by means of a clean air flow (FR2750199).
Directory
Organizations – Federations – Associations (non-exhaustive list)
Anses (Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail) :
ASPEC (French reference organization for all those involved in contamination control in cleanrooms and controlled-atmosphere zones):...
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