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Ventilation Design Handbook on Animal Research Facilities Using Static Microisolators - Volumes I and II
Developing and enforcing national and international standards that ensure high quality facilities
Ventilation Design Handbook on Animal Research Facilities Using Static Microisolators - Volumes I and II
Page Content
Principal Investigator:
Farhad Memarzadeh
Division of Technical Resources
Office of Research Services
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
September 1998
Table Of Contents
Volume I
Section I: INTRODUCTION
- PDF (533KB) 508
Objectives
Background to Project
Literature Review
Project Summary
Section II: ANIMAL ROOM VARIATIONS
- PDF (1.5MB) 508
Outline of CFD Baseline Model
Whole Room Configurations
How the Data is Presented
Section III: EVALUATION OF RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- PDF(3.3MB) 508
Results for 101 Room Simulations
NH
3
Concentrations for 10 Day Cycle
Ranking of Whole Room Simulations
Recommendations
Section IV: EXPERIMENTAL WORK AND VERIFICATION OF THE CFD METHODOLOGY
- PDF (3MB) 508
Experimental Work
CFD Simulations and Validation Against Experimental Data
Section V: CFD METHODOLOGY
- PDF (661KB) 508
Methodology Overview
Description of Mathematical Model
Nomenclature
Section VI: STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
- PDF (236) 508
Introduction to Tests of Significance
Section VII: GLOSSARY OF TERMS
- PDF (252KB) 508
Experimental Terms
CFD Glossary
Section VIII: REFERENCES
- PDF (69KB) 508
Appendix I: EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES AND DATA
- PDF (5.6MB) 508
Introduction
Cage Conditions
NO
2
, NH
3
, H
2
O and Heat Generation at High and Low Humidities
Room Condition
Photographs from Experimental Tests
Volume II: SIMULATION DATABASE
Volume II: Front page
Part 1 of 4
- PDF (2.7MB) 508
Part 2 of 4
- PDF (2.3MB) 508
Part 3 of 4
- PDF (2.7MB) 508
Part 4 of 4
- PDF (2MB) 508
Introduction
Summary of Results of Whole Room Runs
Rankings of Results of Whole Room Runs
Whole Room Simulation Database
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