Chemical Warfare Agent Retained Agent Test Method and Best Practices for Hazard Mitigation Technology Performance Analysis Source Document
Abstract
This report provides a revised methodology for testing and data analysis in the evaluation of chemical warfare agent hazard mitigation technologies. This update includes a new shim panel that enables the characterization of agent entrained in complex features that may be significantly harder to decontaminate than flat panels. Capturing entrained agent sources in testing enables a significantly more accurate representation of the decontamination efficacy that would be observed for complex full-scale assets. A best practices calculation capability is provided in the methodology that accounts for the abundance of materials and features on an asset for relating laboratory results to asset-level performance and also treats variable agent drop volume effects and variable contamination levels. Additionally, an approach to use the scale-up results to estimate an upper bound exposure assessment, a maximum potential dose (MPD), is shown, which provides vapor and contact exposure outputs that can be compared to health-based requirements.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2024
- Accession Number
- AD1229488
Entities
People
- Brent A Mantooth
- James R. Burns
- Thomas P. Pearl