Ventilation Testing COVID-19

TSI Ventilation Meters are Part of Hospital Construction in China for Coronavirus 2019-nCoV

High-speed hospital construction in Hubei province in China is underway in preparation for treating patients with 2019-nCoV coronavirus. TSI ventilation meters are part of the building process.

During the week of February 06, 2020, CCTV-13 news in China showed a TSI VelociCalc® Multi-Function Ventilation Meter 9565 in footage of a new hospital built in Wuhan, in Hubei Province. 

According to Wikipedia, "Huoshenshan Hospital is an emergency specialty field hospital constructed from 23 January 2020 to 2 February 2020 in response to the 2019–20 Wuhan coronavirus outbreak." 

The Huoshenshan facility was built using prefabricated modules and has a 1,000-bed capacity. On January 31, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared 2019-nCoV a global health emergency. 

The VelociCalc 9565 measures velocity, temperature, humidity, differential pressure, and barometric pressure. It is an HVAC testing tool often used for cleanroom testing, HVAC commissioning and troubleshooting, indoor air quality investigations, and ventilation system testing.

Screen grab from China CCTV-13 showing TSI VelociCalc used in new hospital construction ventilation testingScreengrab from China CCTV-13 news showing TSI VelociCalc 9565 ventilation meter

 

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