Improving the protective efficiency of elastomeric filter respirators

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https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2015.41210

Keywords:

filter respirator, breathing resistance, performance, protective efficiency, exhalation valve

Abstract

A hypothesis regarding the fact that the protection factor in filter respirators of one protection class should be increased while a decrease in resistance of their filters (without changing the penetration coefficient value) was worked out. Calculations of the protection factor of two produced types of respirators with the different resistance of the filters were performed. It is shown that a decrease in resistance of respirator filters, other things being equal, leads to an increase in their protective efficiency, allowing staff, working in respirators, to reduce the energy required for hard work, as well as increase the usage period of respirators or their usage area in terms of air pollution. The experimental results show that the decrease in resistance of dust respirator filters by three times, other things being equal, leads to an almost double increase in their protective efficiency.

Author Biographies

Василий Иванович Голинько, State High School “National mining university” Karl Marx av., 19, 49000, Dnepropetrovsk, 49017

PhD, Professor

The department of Aerology and laboure protection

Сергей Иванович Чеберячко, State High School “National mining university” Karl Marx av., 19, 49000, Dnepropetrovsk, 49017

PhD, Associate Professor

The department of Aerology and laboure protection

Юрий Иванович Чеберячко, State High School “National mining university” Karl Marx av., 19, 49000, Dnepropetrovsk, 49017

PhD, Associate Professor

The department of Aerology and laboure protection

Дмитрий Игоревич Радчук, State High School “National mining university” Karl Marx av., 19, 49000, Dnepropetrovsk, 49017

PhD, Associate Professor

The department of Aerology and laboure protection

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2015-04-20

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Голинько, В. И., Чеберячко, С. И., Чеберячко, Ю. И., & Радчук, Д. И. (2015). Improving the protective efficiency of elastomeric filter respirators. Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 2(6(74), 60–64. https://doi.org/10.15587/1729-4061.2015.41210

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Vol. 2 No. 6(74) (2015): Technology organic and inorganic substances. Ecology

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Ecology

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