RE: airflow measurement

[Ken Douglass <kdouglas@wvuhsc1.hsc.wvu.edu>]

Does anyone have experience using the handheld airflow monitor to measure
the flow rate through a xenon trap? 

My understanding is that to measure the efficiency of the trap you need to
know the volume of air passing through. One way to measure the volume is to
measure the flow rate. The manufacturers do not give you a good way of doing
this.

I have tried measuring the volume collected in a plastic bag, but this is
very uncertain.

Is there a better way?

Ken

Ken Douglass, Ph.D.
Director, Radiation Safety
West Virginia University
West Virginia University Hospitals
PO Box 9006 
Morgantown WV 26506
(304) 293-1549
kdouglas@wvu.edu