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Evaluation of Eight Dry Cleaning Shops with State-of-the-Art Control Equipment. Report on Task 1. Perchloroethylene in Dry Cleaning Shops.

PB99168890

Publication Date	1999
Personal Author	Burroughs, G. E.
Page Count	342
Abstract	The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) funded a study of control technologies for perchoroethylene (Perc) in the dry cleaning industry to determine the extent of exposure and to gather control and operational information to assist in determining technological feasibility of controlling worker exposure to Perc. The study was designed to determine the extent of exposure of employees and control technology in small and medium sized dry cleaning establishments to provide OSHA with data to be utilized in determining technological feasibility of controlling worker exposure to Perc. This report describes task one of the study, in which dry cleaning plants were selected and data taken to characterize worker exposure levels and control technology for 'fourth generation' closed-loop, dry-to-dry prinmachines (with an integrated, in-line refrigerated condenser and a carbon absorber to recover Perc vapors during the dry cycle); the 'fifth generation' machines, having the same features as a fourth generation machines plus an internal monitor/interlock system to prevent door opening at Perc concentrations above a set level.
Keywords	Trichloroethylene Occupational exposure Dry cleaning Work environments Cleaning compounds Air sampling Health hazards Concentration(Composition) Working condition Air pollution control equipment Occupational safety and health Feasibility studies Perchloroethylene
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. Engineering Control Technology Branch.; Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Portions of this document are not fully legible. Color illustrations reproduced in black and white. See also PB94-108149. Sponsored by Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199924

Evaluation of Eight Dry Cleaning Shops with State-of-the-Art Control Equipment. Report on Task 1. Perchloroethylene in Dry Cleaning Shops.

Evaluation of Eight Dry Cleaning Shops with State-of-the-Art Control Equipment. Report on Task 1. Perchloroethylene in Dry Cleaning Shops.
PB99168890

Publication Date	1999
Personal Author	Burroughs, G. E.
Page Count	342
Abstract	The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) funded a study of control technologies for perchoroethylene (Perc) in the dry cleaning industry to determine the extent of exposure and to gather control and operational information to assist in determining technological feasibility of controlling worker exposure to Perc. The study was designed to determine the extent of exposure of employees and control technology in small and medium sized dry cleaning establishments to provide OSHA with data to be utilized in determining technological feasibility of controlling worker exposure to Perc. This report describes task one of the study, in which dry cleaning plants were selected and data taken to characterize worker exposure levels and control technology for 'fourth generation' closed-loop, dry-to-dry prinmachines (with an integrated, in-line refrigerated condenser and a carbon absorber to recover Perc vapors during the dry cycle); the 'fifth generation' machines, having the same features as a fourth generation machines plus an internal monitor/interlock system to prevent door opening at Perc concentrations above a set level.
Keywords	Trichloroethylene Occupational exposure Dry cleaning Work environments Cleaning compounds Air sampling Health hazards Concentration(Composition) Working condition Air pollution control equipment Occupational safety and health Feasibility studies Perchloroethylene
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Corporate Authors	National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH. Engineering Control Technology Branch.; Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Portions of this document are not fully legible. Color illustrations reproduced in black and white. See also PB94-108149. Sponsored by Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	199924