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Indoor air quality in submarines

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Author

Editor

  • Hal Levin

Summary, in English

The next generation of conventional submarines will be submerged for several weeks, creating a need for regenerative air purification methods and new air monitoring instruments. Submarine air is a complex mixture of compounds, where the most obvious contaminant is metabolically produced carbon dioxide. Normal eight-hour occupational exposure limits are not applicable on a submarine, instead special longtime exposure limits must be set. A number of air purification methods for submarines are either available or under development, e.g. cryogenic plants, biological plants and solid amine plants. For air monitoring compact GC/MS is an interesting option, already in use onboard nuclear submarines.

Publishing year

2002

Language

English

Pages

806-811

Publication/Series

Indoor Air 2002 - 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate

Document type

Conference paper

Topic

  • Materials Engineering

Keywords

  • air purification
  • submarine
  • air monitoring
  • confined space

Conference name

9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate - Indoor Air 2002,

Conference date

2002-06-30 - 2002-07-05

Conference place

Monterery, California, United States

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9721832-0-5