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Designing pressure cascades that survive commissioning

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This article is in preparation.

The topic is planned and the article has not been written yet. Nothing on this page is published technical guidance.

What it will cover

This article will examine how pressure cascades for cleanroom suites are defined at concept stage: differential pressure targets between cleanliness grades, airlock arrangements, door leakage and room tightness. It will also look at why a cascade that exists only on drawings can be lost during air balancing.

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