Finger temperature as a predictor of thermal comfort for sedentary passengers in a simulated aircraft cabin

Peter Strøm-Tejsen; David Peter Wyon; Daria Zukowska; Agnieszka Jama

Finger temperature as a predictor of thermal comfort for sedentary passengers in a simulated aircraft cabin

Peter Strøm-Tejsen, David Peter Wyon, Daria Zukowska, Agnieszka Jama

Technical University of Denmark

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Abstract

Experiments were carried out in a simulated aircraft cabin with 21 seats installed in a climate chamber, to determine the extent to which passengers’ perception of cabin air quality is affected by air temperature. The temperature inside the cabin was set at three different levels, 20.6, 23.3 and 26.1°C. A total of 68 subjects were exposed to each of the three conditions. The subjects completed questionnaires to provide subjective assessments of air quality, cabin environment, intensity of symptoms commonly experienced during flight, and thermal comfort. Objective physiological measurements that were made included finger temperature. The purpose of the present paper is to show that mean finger temperature is a good predictor of mean thermal vote (MTV) on the seven-point scale of thermal sensation. The results indicate that women and younger subjects have slightly colder fingers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 9th International Healthy Buildings Conference and Exhibition
Volume	Paper 382
Publication date	2009
Pages	Paper 382
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	9th International Healthy Building Conference and Exhibition 2009 - Syracuse, NY, United States Duration: 13 Sept 2009 → 17 Sept 2009 Conference number: 9 http://hb2009.org/home

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Conference	9th International Healthy Building Conference and Exhibition 2009
Number	9
Country/Territory	United States
City	Syracuse, NY
Period	13/09/2009 → 17/09/2009
Internet address	http://hb2009.org/home

Keywords

Thermal comfort
Thermal sensation
Aircraft cabin environment
Finger temperature

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9th International Healthy Building Conference and Exhibition 2009
Strøm-Tejsen, P. (Speaker)
13 Sept 2009 → 17 Sept 2009
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Strøm-Tejsen, P, Wyon, DP, Zukowska, D & Jama, A 2009, Finger temperature as a predictor of thermal comfort for sedentary passengers in a simulated aircraft cabin. in Proceedings of the 9th International Healthy Buildings Conference and Exhibition. vol. Paper 382, pp. Paper 382, 9th International Healthy Building Conference and Exhibition 2009, Syracuse, NY, United States, 13/09/2009.

Finger temperature as a predictor of thermal comfort for sedentary passengers in a simulated aircraft cabin. / Strøm-Tejsen, Peter; Wyon, David Peter; Zukowska, Daria et al.
Proceedings of the 9th International Healthy Buildings Conference and Exhibition. Vol. Paper 382 2009. p. Paper 382.

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