Active Reagent Cartridge for Hazardous Fume Extraction from Chemical Storage Cabinet        

Specific Active Reagent Cartridges are developed for Fume Extraction from Chemical Storage Cabinet. Chemical fumes can get adsorbed or assimilated by oxidation process into less harmful products in these cartridges. These cartridges consist of various adsorbent and oxidizing agents for removal and assimilation of organic and other hazardous chemical fumes from close environments.
Using this Active Reagent Cartridge technology, a commercially viable product is developed namely “Storage and Fume Extractor for Reagents (SaFER)”. SaFER ensures the safe storage of volatile chemicals and prevents any operating personnel from exposure to these chemicals. It is a specially designed storage cabinet with a flow optimized closed air recirculation mechanism. The fumes released from the containers are recirculated through a series of filter cartridges trapping and neutralizing the fumes and pumping the cleaned air back into the storage space. This prevents fume build-up and thus exposure hazard to users.  

 ADVANTAGES

     Specific active reagent cartridge (ARC) filters: for removal of harmful gases such as VOCs, irritating odors and fumes from close environments.
     Four-layer filtration technology based on adsorption and assimilation by solid state oxidizing agents.
     Storage and Fume Extractor for Reagents (SaFER) chemical storage cabinet has portability and rolling casters for easy movement within the lab and Compact design.
     Inbuilt sensors for online monitoring of temperature, humidity, cartridge lifetime, and total VOCs concentration.
     Silent motor: special silent and corrosion resistant pump.
     Lower maintenance cost by unique and renovated developed filters.

 
    For removal of offensive smell and harmful gases from laboratory environment:
    Suitable for any standard laboratory design.
    For safely storing volatile and toxic chemicals for research and development purposes.

Active Reagent Cartridge for Hazardous Fume Extraction from Chemical Storage Cabinet                        

INTRODUCTION

    Proper handling and safe storage of chemicals is an important practice for any scientific laboratory. Recently, the practice of safe handling of many of the chemicals is being taken into consideration in many research institutions and industries. However, the practice of safe storage of the chemicals is still inadequate. Many solvents used in chemical laboratory are volatile and hazardous to health. Exposure to these chemicals might affect central nervous system and internal organs, and also might cause symptoms such as headache, respiratory tract irritation, dizziness and nausea, known as the Sick Building Syndrome (SBS). Laboratories where these solvents are extensively used need to keep them safely and in sizeable inventory.
    Specific Active reagent cartridges are developed for fume extraction from chemical storage cabinets. These cartridges consist of various adsorbents and oxidising agents. These adsorbent materials have specific selectivity for adsorbing volatile fumes and assimilating those fumes into less harmful chemicals by oxidation.  For the demonstration of these developed cartridges, a product named Storage and Fume Extractor for Reagents (SaFER) is designed which ensures the safe storage of volatile chemicals and prevents any operating personnel from exposure to them. SaFER is a specially designed storage cabinet with a flow optimized closed air recirculation mechanism. The chemical fumes released from chemical containers are recirculated through a series of filter cartridges trapping and neutralizing these fumes and pumping the cleaned air back into the storage space. This prevents fume build-up in the storage cabinet and thus reduces exposure hazard to the users.  

ADVANTAGES
    Specific active reagent cartridge (ARC) filters: for removal of harmful gases such as VOCs, irritating odors and fumes from close environments.
    Four-layer filtration technology based on adsorption and assimilation by solid state oxidizing agents.
    Storage and Fume Extractor for Reagents (SaFER) chemical storage cabinet has portability due to compact design and rolling casters for easy movement within the lab.
    Inbuilt sensors for online monitoring of temperature, humidity, cartridge lifetime, and total VOCs concentration.
    Lower maintenance cost by unique and renovated developed filters.
 
APPLICATIONS     
    For removal of offensive smell and harmful gases from laboratory     environment: Suitable for any standard laboratory design.
    For safely storing volatile and toxic chemicals for research and         development purposes.

REQUIREMENTS
a. Infrastructure Requirements
     Chemical processing laboratory for production and regenerations of active reagent cartridges.
    Workshop for fabrication of storage cabinet (fitting, welding, turning and powder coating).
    Electronic laboratory for PCB, display and sensor testing, calibration etc.

b. Raw materials
All the raw materials required are freely available in the Indian local markets.

c. Manpower requirements
    Minimum three technical person are required viz. one chemist, one sheet metalist/ fitter, and one electronic/instrumentation engineer.