Measurement of thermal comfort and indoor air quality aboard 43 flights on commercial airlines

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 58-66

  Haghighat, Fariborz ^a   Allard, Francis ^b   Megri, Ahmed C ^a   Blondeau, Patrice ^b   Shimotakahara, Richard ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Aircraft; ASHRAE Standard 55 92; ASHRAE Standard 62 89; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032902296     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024610     Document Type: Article

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