Ventilation Study of Proposed Ammunition Plant at Lake City Arsenal

Abstract

A procedure has been presented that can be used to compare ventilation costs of systems utilizing different rates of recirculation. Systems are designed so that they all provide equivalent internal conditions. Air exchange rates that provide an acceptable contaminant concentration are determined for each recirculation rate. Refrigeration and air washer requirements along with appropriate costs are then determined for each design. This procedure is applied to an Ammunition loading plant at Lake City Arsenal where explosive dust is generated. Results show that a proposed 75% recirculation system does provide a significant savings over the original 100% make-up design. A system using 90% recirculation, however, was found to be the optimum design. Restrictions and recommendations are also discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA020518

Entities

People

  • George G. Jarvis

Organizations

  • United States Army Materiel Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Cleaners
  • Air Conditioning Equipment
  • Air Filters
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Explosions
  • Filtration
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Recovery
  • Humidity
  • Industrial Plants
  • Manufacturing
  • Particles
  • Production Engineering
  • Safety Engineering
  • Separators
  • Wet Bulb Temperature

Readers

  • Agricultural Chemistry/Soil Science
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design