Thermal comfort assessment in civil aircraft cabins

Pang, Liping; Qin, Yue; Dong, Liu; Liu, Meng

doi:10.1016/j.cja.2014.02.022

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“…The PMV values can estimate the human sensation of thermal comfort in an environment [21,22]. Its values between À3 and +3 represent a comfort sensation for most human.…”

Section: Objective Functionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experiment evaluation and simulation optimization of air distribution mode for underwater cabin

Liu

Pang

Liu

et al. 2016

Applied Thermal Engineering

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“…The PMV values can estimate the human sensation of thermal comfort in an environment [21,22]. Its values between À3 and +3 represent a comfort sensation for most human.…”

Section: Objective Functionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experiment evaluation and simulation optimization of air distribution mode for underwater cabin

Liu

Pang

Liu

et al. 2016

Applied Thermal Engineering

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“…Research by Pang et al. () indicated that temperature and humidity on intercontinental flights were generally lower than on continental flights. Park et al.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In recent years, Cui et al (2014a,b) reported field investigations on 33 commercial aircrafts, finding nonuniform distributions of thermal parameters in cabins. Research by Pang et al (2014) indicated that temperature and humidity on intercontinental flights were generally lower than on continental flights. Park et al (2011) investigated overall and local thermal comfort and their interrelations in a simulated cabin, and Cui et al (2014c) conducted similar research in a real cabin, from which they proposed the comfort category of different body parts.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…() revised the predicted mean vote (PMV) (ASHRAE, ) by adding the influence of cabin air pressure, and Pang et al. () proposed another method by combining PMV with a thermal adaptive model (ASHRAE, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In addition to field investigations, researchers also attempted to develop new methods for assessing cabin comfort. Cui et al (2014d) revised the predicted mean vote (PMV) (ASHRAE, 2013) by adding the influence of cabin air pressure, and Pang et al (2014) proposed another method by combining PMV with a thermal adaptive model (ASHRAE, 2013).…”

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Passenger thermal comfort and behavior: a field investigation in commercial aircraft cabins

Cui

Ouyang

et al. 2016

Indoor Air

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Passengers' behavioral adjustments warrant greater attention in thermal comfort research in aircraft cabins. Thus, a field investigation on 10 commercial aircrafts was conducted. Environment measurements were made and a questionnaire survey was performed. In the questionnaire, passengers were asked to evaluate their thermal comfort and record their adjustments regarding the usage of blankets and ventilation nozzles. The results indicate that behavioral adjustments in the cabin and the use of blankets or nozzle adjustments were employed by 2/3 of the passengers. However, the thermal comfort evaluations by these passengers were not as good as the evaluations by passengers who did not perform any adjustments. Possible causes such as differences in metabolic rate, clothing insulation and radiation asymmetry are discussed. The individual difference seems to be the most probable contributor, suggesting possibly that passengers who made adjustments had a narrower acceptance threshold or a higher expectancy regarding the cabin environment. Local thermal comfort was closely related to the adjustments and significantly influenced overall thermal comfort. Frequent flying was associated with lower ratings for the cabin environment. Practical ImplicationsThis study provides information about passenger's thermal comfort as well as their behavioral adjustments in commercial aircraft cabin. The results can be helpful for improving thermal comfort in current cabin operation and in future cabin design.

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