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  1. Anthony_J

    Drum Hood Vent Flow Design

    Thanks Snickster, I have downloaded an older edition and will do some reading.
  2. Anthony_J

    Drum Hood Vent Flow Design

    Sorry for the lack of information, I know it makes helping more difficult. It's government work so there's only so much I can share. I appreciate the feedback from everyone. A full circular shape profile is definitely plausible, thank you for those suggestions. Also Compositepro, I checked...
  3. Anthony_J

    Drum Hood Vent Flow Design

    Hey Sal, To my current knowledge, it'll be more of a dust rather than a gas that will be escaping from the drum. I don't currently have material density parameters at the moment. Unfortunately, I cannot put holes in the drums in any way since they will be reused to seal other materials in the...
  4. Anthony_J

    Drum Hood Vent Flow Design

    The drum contains highly radioactive material, beyond that I can't share. Workers are in their own breathing apparatus while working around the drums as an intake of this material could be detrimental to their health. The operators are reaching into the Drum, so I need to keep it as open as...
  5. Anthony_J

    Drum Hood Vent Flow Design

    Hello, I am working on designing a ventilation system for a 55-gallon drum. The goal is to remove as much contaminated airborne material from this drum as possible. My question is how to determine the point of diminishing returns on the throat opening to the vent device. I currently opened it...

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