Assessing flammable storage cabinets as sources of VOC exposure in laboratories using real-time direct reading wireless detectors.

ABSTRACT: Herein we present the results of measurements using wireless direct-reading photoionization detector-based gas sensors to quantify concentrations of vapors of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in and around flammable storage cabinets containing common organic solvents, including acetone, dichloromethane, trichloroethylene, and benzene. Such cabinets are commonly employed in laboratories to contain flammable liquids. A sensor array was deployed in a series of flammable storage cabinets in working laboratories. Measurements in cabinets containing bottles of typical solvents demonstrate that vapor concentrations gradually increase upon closing the cabinet door. The results suggest that these storage units can be a source of vapors of VOCs in laboratories and the unnecessary exposure of labora

SUBMITTER: Amie E N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8205438 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature