Eliminating emergency diesel generator exhaust re-entrainment problems at Valley Medical Center
Eliminating emergency diesel generator exhaust re-entrainment problems at Valley Medical Center
2 PagesAmerican hospitals are required to maintain – and routinely test – independent power generation systems. Compliance with this rule posed a serious problem at the Valley Medical Center in Renton, Washington. Diesel fumes, emitted during the test- ing procedures, were being reintrained into the hospital’s fresh air supply ventilation system. The VMC campus contains about 1.5 million square feet Rally Panelo, VMC’s director of engineering, recently
