Abstract
Cabin displacement ventilation (CDV) has been evaluated for the first time in a real passenger aircraft cabin under flight conditions. Two ventilation systems, i.e. pure CDV and a hybrid ventilation (HV) system, which provides 30 % of the total volume flow rate through the lateral mixing ventilation outlets, were tested in an A320 aircraft. While pure CDV was found to provide low air velocities, high heat removal efficiencies and a very good dynamic performance regarding control of the air temperatures, the hybrid system, still allowing for comfortable flow velocities and good heat removal efficiencies, was shown to significantly improve the cooling and heating rates at the cabin surfaces. With both systems, the local temperature in the passenger zone is distributed very homogeneously among the investigated seat and aisle positions.
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This project was supported by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology under the grant numbers 20K0806D, 20K0806A and 20K0702A on the basis of a decision of the German Bundestag. The responsibility of the content is the authors. We thank all colleagues at Airbus Operations and the German Aerospace Center, who contributed to the successful preparation and performance of the ground and flight tests.
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Bosbach, J., Heider, A., Dehne, T., Markwart, M., Gores, I., Bendfeldt, P. (2014). Flight Testing of Alternative Ventilation Systems for Aircraft Cabins. In: Dillmann, A., Heller, G., Krämer, E., Kreplin, HP., Nitsche, W., Rist, U. (eds) New Results in Numerical and Experimental Fluid Mechanics IX. Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design, vol 124. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03158-3_28
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