Ventilation and air treatment for industrial buildings : Ventilation techniques

Ventilation techniques
Ventilation and air treatment for industrial buildings

Author : Pascale MAES

Publication date: February 10, 2015 | Lire en français

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2. Ventilation techniques

For industrial buildings whose activities emit pollutants, a distinction is made between two ventilation techniques: local exhaust ventilation and general dilution ventilation.

2.1 Local ventilation

Local ventilation is an engineering solution designed to reduce worker exposure to airborne pollutants such as dust, mist, fumes, vapours or gases (figure 1). It is often the main exposure prevention measure employed in the workplace.

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