A Review of Aircraft Cabin Conditioning for Operations in Australia

Abstract

A review is presented of aircraft cabin conditioning. This review has been undertaken because of the inadequate performance of many aircraft air conditioning systems in the hottest conditions encountered in Australia. The factors included in this study were the climatic conditions (both Australia and world-wide), human performance in hot conditions, the heat balance of aircraft cabins, cooling system performance, and specification of cabin environment control systems. It is concluded that climatic conditions in Australia are not severe in a world-wide context, and that there is no technological reason why the cabin conditioning systems of aircraft should be inadequate. Compliance with present RAAF specifications will provide an acceptable cabin environment for operation of aircraft in Australia. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA109044

Entities

People

  • Brian Rebbechi

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Engineers
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Fuselages
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Loss
  • Heat Transfer
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Aircraft
  • Pressurization
  • Solar Radiation
  • Training Aircraft

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.