Local Exhaust Ventilation
Local exhaust ventilation addresses the issue of avoiding the contamination of indoor air by specific high-emission sources by capturing airborne contaminants before they are spread into the environment. This can include water vapor control, lavatory bioeffluent control, solvent vapors from industrial processes, and dust from wood- and metal-working machinery. Air can be exhausted through pressurized hoods or through the use of fans and pressurizing a specific area.
A local exhaust system is composed of 5 basic parts
- A hood that captures the contaminant at its source
- Ducts for transporting the air
- An air-cleaning device that removes/minimizes the contaminant
- A fan that moves the air through the system
- An exhaust stack through which the contaminated air is discharged
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