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XXX PREFACE

conference. Subsequent international conferences have been held every three
years. The complete list follows:

Ventilation '85 Toronto, Canada
Ventilation '88 London, UK
Ventilation '91 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Ventilation '94 Stockholm, Sweden
Ventilation '97 Ottawa, Canada
Ventilation 2000 Helsinki, Finland
Ventilation 2003 Sapporo, Japan
To date, there have been more than 1500 attendees and more than 500 techni-
cal papers or presentations delivered at these conferences. A critical mass of
researchers, engineers, and scientists developed through the INVENT program
in Finland, which started in 1991. These activities have expanded to include
scientists, engineers, and practitioners from some 18 countries as part of the
COST Action Program.
The Industrial Ventilation Design Guidebook is the first comprehensive,
definitive handbook to cover all aspects of air technology on a worldwide ba-
sis. The structure of the 16 chapters is as follows:
1. Industrial Air Technology—Description
2. Terminology
3. Design Methodology of Industrial Air Technology
4. Physical Fundamentals
5. Physiological and Toxicological Considerations
6. Target Levels
7. Principles of Air and Contaminant Movement Inside and Around
Buildings
8. Room Air Conditioning
9. Air Handling Processes
10. Local Ventilation
11. Design with Modeling Techniques
12. Experimental Techniques
13. Gas Cleaning Technology
14. Pneumatic Conveying
15. Environmental Assessment Tools
16. Economic Aspects
The book is intended for engineers, scientists, seniors at the university
level, and graduate students who have a fundamental understanding of the
concept of fluid flow, thermodynamics, and heat transfer. The handbook
bridges the disciplines of engineering and occupational health and safety (in-
dustrial hygiene). The book can be used as a textbook, a scientific reference
for researchers, and a fundamental handbook for practitioners in the indus-
trial air technology field.
This international handbook will be updated regularly in order to meet
our objective of including the most current scientific knowledge on a global
basis. The plan is to also publish additional volumes to cover systems and