Design of Workplace Dilution and Local Ventilation Systems

Temperate buildings are comfortable, safer and more productive places to work. Ensuring that extremes of cold and heat, and airborne diseases are mitigated is through effective design, function and management of ventilation systems. This book addresses the basics of ventilation systems and their use in building-based workplaces and how to ensure they are managed successfully.

This book provides comprehensive technical information regarding the design and implementation of dilution and local exhaust ventilation systems to ensure safe and productive workplaces. It presents a simple and readable summary of how to design, install, and operate industrial ventilation systems, all highlighted through illustrations and tables. This title is written to international standards on the design of dilution and local exhaust ventilation systems, including ASHRAE and ACGIH standards.

Design of Workplace Dilution and Local Ventilation Systems is an ideal reference for safety engineers, designers, specialists, engineers, architects, and contractors tasked with ventilation systems. It is also a useful reference for undergraduate and graduate students to master the complex fundamentals of designing dilution and local exhaust ventilation systems.

Amir Hossein Khoshakhlagh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Occupational Health Engineering at Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Iran, and serves as the chair of the Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Bureau. Dr. Khoshakhlagh’s research focuses on chemical agent exposure in workplaces and occupational toxicology. In addition to his research, he is involved in designing ventilation systems for various industries in Iran. To date, Dr. Khoshakhlagh has authored seven books and he has published more than 80 papers in prestigious journals.

Haruna Musa Moda is a Professor and Department Head of Environmental Health and Safety at the University of Doha for Science and Technology, Qatar. Dr. Moda is actively engaged in research, consultancy, and knowledge transfer projects in the UK, West Africa, and Middle East in occupational safety and health, climate change adaption, and safety response among outdoor workers, e-waste management, and workers’ safety behaviour. Dr. Moda is a chartered member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and belongs to several professional bodies, including Workplace Health without Borders (WHWB), Higher Education Academy, Association of Industrial Hygiene, Nigeria, and Environmental Health Registration Council of Nigeria.