From: Yaritza Brinker <YBrinker**At_Symbol_Here**FELE.COM>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Muffle Furnace Ventilation Requirements
Date: Tue, 14 May 2019 16:59:01 +0000
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Contact the furnace manufacturer for a recommendation. Also, Having your researcher look at Nabertherm's website might help your case. They manufacture Ashing Muffle Furnaces which include the exhaust system connection.

 

Thank you,

 

Yaritza Brinker

260.827.5402

 

From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU> On Behalf Of Richard Palluzi
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2019 11:36 AM
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I doubt you could consider it a class A oven per NFPA 86. You could argue the OSHA lab standard requires using ventilation to prevent exposures but that requires you to prove the ashing fumes are hazardous enough.

 

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On May 12, 2019 10:43 AM, Stella Julia Sommer <0000071592c679d2-dmarc-request**At_Symbol_Here**LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU> wrote:

Thank you Ms. Rossol & Mr. Palluzi,

I really appreciate your detailed responses & your help!

I know, a dedicated powered exhaust duct that vents to the outside would be the best solution.

However, it might take a lot of convincing to explain this to people who do not have a background in science & engineering.

 

I found that the NFPA 86 describes that Class A ovens require a forced ventilation for samples that can produce harmful substances when exposed to higher temperatures.

 

I was then asked if a muffle furnace would always be considered a Class A, even if it is ãjust plant tissues and foods" that are put inside.

 

If I could present more references to them would be great

 

Stella Sommer

 

 

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On May 11, 2019, at 8:58 PM, Monona Rossol <0000030664c37427-dmarc-request**At_Symbol_Here**lists.princeton.edu> wrote:

What it needs is a small canopy hood and a dedicated powered exhaust duct to the outside.  A muffle furnace shouldn't be in a room without the right kind of exhaust.  A fume hood or an open door with a transfer grill doesn't cut it.  

 

It is my observation that chemistry fume hoods are the only ventilation systems in many labs.  Yet many labs have equipment that calls for other types of systems designed to the purpose.  That takes a real industrial ventilation engineer to design it rather than engineers who buy off the shelf units and install them.

 

Monona

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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Muffle Furnace Ventilation Requirements

I have encountered dozens of these over the years. The best practice is not
to put them in a hood but to put them on a bench with a small exhaust
immediately over the door so that any fumes are removed when generated or
when the door is opened. Putting them in a hood only blocks the air flow of
the hood and often does a much poorer job of removing the emissions. Also,
since these are often used less frequently, they often migrate to the rear
of the hood and operations begin to be performed in front of them raising
the real potential that they become an ignition source. You might want to
look at the article below for more on the issue of what works (and does not
work) well in a hood.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-cant-we-put-hood-richard-palluzi/


Richard Palluzi
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From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU> On
Behalf Of Stella Julia Sommer
Sent: Saturday, May 11, 2019 9:44 AM
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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Muffle Furnace Ventilation Requirements

Dear all,
I recently started my new position as a instructional support technician at
my local university.
I am also supposed to manage the graduate laboratory. This is where I
encountered a room with a muffle furnace that just vents into the room. It
is set to 550 Deg. Celsius and used to ash plant tissues and food samples.

It is my understanding that those furnaces are supposed to have a separate
ventilation or should at least be located inside of a fume hood
(particulates, smoke, carbon monoxide ...).

Does anyone have a specific reference that describes the issue (standard,
regulation, case study...)?

Thank you very much!

Best Regards,

Stella Sommer

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