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- Title
Passenger thermal comfort and behavior: a field investigation in commercial aircraft cabins.
- Authors
Cui, W.; Wu, T.; Ouyang, Q.; Zhu, Y.
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
PASSENGERS; AIRCRAFT cabins; THERMAL comfort; ENVIRONMENTAL quality; VENTILATION equipment; ATTITUDE (Psychology)
- Publication
Indoor Air, 2017, Vol 27, Issue 1, p94
- ISSN
0905-6947
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ina.12294