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Use is also made of positive pressure to ensure there is no ingress of the environment into a supposed closed system. A typical example of the use of positive pressure is the location of a habitat in an area where there may exist flammable gases such as those found on an
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is a pressure within a system that is greater than the environment that surrounds that system. Consequently, if there is any leak from the positively pressured system, it will egress into the surrounding environment. This is in contrast to a
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Industrial use of positive pressure systems are commonly used to ventilate confined spaces with dust, fumes, pollutants and/or high temperatures
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This process is important in human and chick development. Positive pressure, created by the closure of anterior and posterior
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Fans or filters blow air into the system, creating a positive pressure. Excess air escapes passively through designed outlets.
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Many hospitals are equipped with negative and positive pressure rooms just for the purposes described.
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Positive pressure technology for construction and industrial ventilation applications.
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Hospitals may have positive pressure rooms for patients with compromised
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are used to help keep airborne pathogens (eg. aerosolized
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