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Level 3 Veterinary Lab Gets Leg Up With Mixed-Flow Impeller System: Iowa State University

From Met-Pro Corporation
 

 

George Mellen, P.E., who is responsible for mechanical and electrical systems design at the laboratory facilities of Iowa State University in Ames, IA, needed to identify the best method of exhausting the university's recent conversion of an existing biosafety level 2 (BSL-2) laboratory at its College of Veterinary Medicine. The lab was upgraded to the BS-3 level. Since health and safety issues were paramount, Mellen was concerned with the laboratory's existing centrifugal exhaust fans (one dedicated exhaust fan system and roofmounted stack for each workstation).

In a previous position for a similar application, Mellen had used mixed-flow impeller laboratory workstation fume hood exhaust systems for another university's laboratories. His concerns for the upgrade at the College of Veterinary Medicine included high-efficiency performance, elimination of exhaust reentrainment possibilities, quiet operation, and prevention of toxic, noxious, or odoriferous workstation exhaust in the neighborhood. To meet these requirements, Mellen specified roof- mounted, low profile Tri-Stack™ mixed-flow impeller exhaust systems from Strobic Air Corp., a subsidiary of Met-Pro Corp.

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