2012
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.07.005
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State-of-the-art methods for studying air distributions in commercial airliner cabins

Abstract: Air distributions in commercial airliner cabins are crucial for creating a thermally comfortable and healthy cabin environment. This paper reviewed the methods used in predicting, designing, and analyzing air distributions in the cabins. Two popular methods are experimental measurements and numerical simulations. The experimental measurements have usually been seen as more reliable although they are more expensive and time consuming. Most of the numerical simulations use Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) that… Show more

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“…For a typical singleaisle aircraft, the air is mainly supplied from the diffusers located at the upper part of the side walls and mixed in the middle of the cabin. At the lower part of the side walls, part of the air is exhausted and the other is re-circulated [8,9]. The passengers are located at the recirculation region; therefore the supplied clean air reached the passengers after mixing with the polluted (re-circulated) air.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…For a typical singleaisle aircraft, the air is mainly supplied from the diffusers located at the upper part of the side walls and mixed in the middle of the cabin. At the lower part of the side walls, part of the air is exhausted and the other is re-circulated [8,9]. The passengers are located at the recirculation region; therefore the supplied clean air reached the passengers after mixing with the polluted (re-circulated) air.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To investigate the air distribution in an airliner cabin, there are mainly two methods available: experimental measurements and numerical simulations [8]. Experimental studies are usually thought to be more reliable.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the last two decades, by both experimental measurements and numerical simulations, many studies of the air distribution in cabins have been done [2], and most of them focused on the steady state because they are more convenient to work with and lead to easier conclusions. However, because the aircraft cabin environment always has many uncertain characteristics, such as frequent jet interactions, multiple heat sources, and a complex and irregular interior geometry [8], and the instantaneous characteristics of the air distribution in the cabin play an important role in thermal comfort and pollutant dispersion, time-averaged data alone may not reflect the real airflow features sufficiently.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In commercial airliners, mixing air distribution systems are commonly utilized for air circulation [1][2][3]. However, these systems are far from perfect, as indicated by passenger complaints about discomfort and frequent cross-infection incidents, especially in recent years [4][5][6][7].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As discussed by Liu et al, in its literature review paper [4] (focused on the particular case of commercial airliner cabins), two main approaches are available for analyzing air distribution: experimental measurements inside the cabin (with different equipment such as hotwire anemometers and hot-sphere anemometers, particle tracking velocimetry, particle streak velocimetry, particle image velocimetry, and ultrasonic anemometry) and numerical simulations (mainly CFD simulations). R. Lieto [5] studied, both numerically and experimentally, the indoor climate in city busses.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%