Airliner cabin environment: air quality and safety. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:6357875

The report discusses the adequacy of air quality and standards aboard commercial aircraft for the health and safety of all who fly. Addressed are aspects of cabin air such as the quantity of outside air, the quality of onboard air, the extent of pressurization, the characteristics of humidification, the presence of cosmic radiation, contaminants (such as bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms), and pollutants (such as environmental tobacco smoke, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and ozone) that could be responsible for health problems in the long or short run. It recommends some remedies for problems discovered, and outlines the safety precautions necessary to protect passengers in the event of in-flight fires which produce smoke and fumes.

• Research Organization: National Research Council, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6357875
• Report Number(s): PB-87-164422/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
AIR QUALITY
STANDARDS
AIRCRAFT
INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON MONOXIDE
FIRES
OZONE
PRESSURIZING
SAFETY
SMOKES
AEROSOLS
AIR POLLUTION
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
COLLOIDS
DISPERSIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
RESIDUES
SOLS
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