The utilisation of fine sprays for Chemical, Biological, and Radiological or Nuclear (CBRN) Decontamination
The risk of exposure to hazardous materials, in many industrialenvironments and in everyday life due to the possibility of terrorist attacks,is widely recognised. It is therefore pertinent to have robustdecontamination equipment to limit the effects of hazardous materials andin turn protect human li...
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| description | The risk of exposure to hazardous materials, in many industrialenvironments and in everyday life due to the possibility of terrorist attacks,is widely recognised. It is therefore pertinent to have robustdecontamination equipment to limit the effects of hazardous materials andin turn protect human life and assets. This can be done by the applicationof neutralisation (coverage) and rinsing techniques to the hazardousmaterials. The overall aim of this paper is to describe an investigationutilising fine sprays for coverage/deposition on the human body, inconjunction with standard safety showers for rinsing of a victim duringdecontamination of CBRN materials. As a novel feature miniature highpressure spill-return atomiser are used. It was found that fine spraysdecrease the consumption of decontamination liquid that is normally usedin practice which has many advantages in practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b615449c302a4a69a2f04878563de37e2023-09-02T11:22:00ZengMULTIPHYSICSInternational Journal of Multiphysics1750-95482048-39612016-04-013110.1260/175095409787924481106The utilisation of fine sprays for Chemical, Biological, and Radiological or Nuclear (CBRN) DecontaminationG Nasr0A Yule1T Hughes2Spray Research Group (SRG), Institute of Materials Research (IMR), School of Computing, Science and Engineering, Newton Building, University of Salford, Manchester M5 4WT, United KingdomSpray Research Group (SRG), Institute of Materials Research (IMR), School of Computing, Science and Engineering, Newton Building, University of Salford, Manchester M5 4WT, United KingdomHughes Safety Showers Ltd, Managing Director, Stockport SK6 2SS, United KingdomThe risk of exposure to hazardous materials, in many industrialenvironments and in everyday life due to the possibility of terrorist attacks,is widely recognised. It is therefore pertinent to have robustdecontamination equipment to limit the effects of hazardous materials andin turn protect human life and assets. This can be done by the applicationof neutralisation (coverage) and rinsing techniques to the hazardousmaterials. The overall aim of this paper is to describe an investigationutilising fine sprays for coverage/deposition on the human body, inconjunction with standard safety showers for rinsing of a victim duringdecontamination of CBRN materials. As a novel feature miniature highpressure spill-return atomiser are used. It was found that fine spraysdecrease the consumption of decontamination liquid that is normally usedin practice which has many advantages in practice.http://journal.multiphysics.org/index.php/IJM/article/view/85 |
| spellingShingle | G Nasr A Yule T Hughes The utilisation of fine sprays for Chemical, Biological, and Radiological or Nuclear (CBRN) Decontamination International Journal of Multiphysics |
| title | The utilisation of fine sprays for Chemical, Biological, and Radiological or Nuclear (CBRN) Decontamination |
| title_full | The utilisation of fine sprays for Chemical, Biological, and Radiological or Nuclear (CBRN) Decontamination |
| title_fullStr | The utilisation of fine sprays for Chemical, Biological, and Radiological or Nuclear (CBRN) Decontamination |
| title_full_unstemmed | The utilisation of fine sprays for Chemical, Biological, and Radiological or Nuclear (CBRN) Decontamination |
| title_short | The utilisation of fine sprays for Chemical, Biological, and Radiological or Nuclear (CBRN) Decontamination |
| title_sort | utilisation of fine sprays for chemical biological and radiological or nuclear cbrn decontamination |
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