Development of a Ventilated Off-Gassing Booth for Chemical Agent Exposure Studies

Abstract

Chemical Defense (CD) shelter procedures development and ensemble configuration research uses off-gassing booths to determine the amount of chemical agent vapor transported by personnel into shelters and to quantify the exposure of individuals to agent vapors. A ventilated off-gassing booth (VOFGB) was designed, constructed and compared to the non-ventilated booths in use at Air Force test and evaluation facilities to determine whether the VOFGB would make off-gassing assays more accurate reflections of actual exposure. Ventilated booths study results showed that the VOFGB provided more predictable and reproducible values with need for much shorter testing times. The static (non-ventilated) off-gassing booths could provide similar superior results but only certain carefully controlled conditions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA278764

Entities

People

  • Alexander R. Slate
  • Arnotte E. Moore
  • John P. Kilian
  • Leonard J. Luskus

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Construction
  • Construction Materials
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Flow
  • Flow Rate
  • Gases
  • Materials
  • Physical Properties
  • Research Facilities
  • Sorption
  • Stainless Steel
  • Standards

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Marine Propulsion Engineering and Naval Architecture
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.