Table Of ContentRoger L. Wabeke
MSc, MScChE, CIH, CHMM
AIR CONTAMINANTS
and
INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE
VENTILATION
A Handbook of
Practical Calculations,
Problems, and Solutions
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Wabeke, Roger L.
Air contaminants and industrial hygiene ventilation: A handbook of practical calculations,
problems, and solutions / Roger L. Wabeke.
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Includes index.
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Dedication
This book is dedicated to those who have endeavored, currently strive, and will push
to improve the air quality of our workplaces, homes, and all atmospheric environ
ments in our global community.
The Author
Roger L. Wabeke, board certified since 1973 in comprehensive industrial hygiene
practice, has 33 years of professional experience. His primary interests are chemical
safety engineering and occupational toxicology. His undergraduate education and
training were in biology and chemistry. His graduate studies led to a Master of
Science degree in Occupational and Environmental Health and a Master of Science
degree in Chemical Engineering, both from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
He is board certified (Master’s level) in hazardous materials management.
Mr. Wabeke is an adjunct professor in the Departments of Occupational and
Environmental Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine and in
Pharmacy and Allied Health and Community Health at Wayne State. He has authored
many publications in areas of his professional interests. Currently, he is a principal
Investigator in a major National Cancer Institute case-control research project study
ing the occupational epidemiology of prostate cancer. He is a member of several
professional organizations and, over the years, has received many distinguished
appointments and awards.
During his career, Mr. Wabeke evaluated and controlled exposures of many
thousands of workers to chemical and physical agents in numerous, diverse work
places. He consults for the chemical, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, and nuclear
energy industries: the military: academic institutions: healthcare facilities: environ
mental pollution control projects: real estate and financial institutions: and airline,
trucking, maritime shipping, and pipeline transportation companies, among others.
He practiced industrial hygiene for five years for BASF Corp., a major chemical
manufacturing company. He was an industrial hygienist for 16 years for Ford Motor
Co., 10 of which he was supervisor of industrial hygiene for worldwide operations.
Since 1987, he has been president of Chemical Risk Management, an environmental
and occupational health consulting firm with offices and laboratory in Detroit and
Dearborn, MI.
Author Disclaimer
Conscientious effort was made to ensure that the contents of this handbook and
every problem, in particular, are technically accurate, complete, and useful in the
day-to-day practice of contemporary industrial hygiene. All calculations and prob
lems were critically peer reviewed. However, when many thousands of information
items are entered into a published work, a few typographical errors can result even
with the best effort of everyone involved in the process. To ensure completeness and
accuracy of the calculations, users are encouraged to send corrections, additions,
and comments which enhance the usefulness of this handbook to the author or to
the publisher.
Roger L. Wabeke
Detroit, Ml
Preface
Man is here for the sake of other men, and also for the countless unknown souls with
whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy.
Albert Einstein
—
Several problems and calculations in this handbook were developed initially to assist
industrial hygienists preparing for their board certification examinations. After the
author passed his board certification examinations in Boston in 1973, he and several
other certified industrial hygienists organized a one-day, admittedly crude, review
course for others who were preparing for their examinations. The course was offered
semiannually, on Saturday, at Wayne State University College of Medicine in the
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health. The Michigan Industrial
Hygiene Society provided free refreshments. The registrants and instructors brought
“brown bag” lunches. There were no fees for this course, and the instructors provided
pro bono lectures. Nine discussion rubrics covered air sampling and analysis, ven
tilation, toxicology, calculations, radiation, respiratory protection, industrial hygiene
chemistry, noise, and heat stress. With no more than 50 minutes for each subject,
only industrial hygiene “pearls” could be presented. Today, of course, there are
several high quality one-week review courses offered around the country for a
substantial fee. The depth and scope of these courses are now far more encompassing
and preparative.
Many of the problems in this book were acquired during the author’s career
from resolving actual industrial hygiene exposure issues including evaluations of
numerous workplace poisonings and fatalities. A few were provided over the years
by present and former colleagues, mentors, and students far too numerous to mention.
Still others served as the basis for homework assignments and examination questions
for students in classes which the author presented at Wayne State University School
of Medicine, Henry Ford Community College, and the University of Michigan
School of Public Health.
