Air Quality in Airplane Cabins and Similar Enclosed Spaces (Handbook of Environmental Chemistry) (Handbook of Environmental Chemistry)

The issue of aircraft air quality is attracting considerable attention of late, as access to public air travel has expanded exponentially. Aircrew and passengers are increasingly concerned about operating and service decisions that could affect their health, comfort, and safety. The editor of this volume invited a wide range of experts to provide an in-depth treatment of virtually all aspects of aircraft cabin air quality. The topics are covered at a level comprehensible to all who fly as well as being of sufficient depth to be informative to decision makers concerned with purchase, design, operation, and servicing of passenger aircraft. Topics are grouped under: Control of Aircraft Cabin Air Quality; Possible Effects of Low Humidity, Decreased Outside Air Flows; and Effects of Some Aircraft Malfunctions on Cabin Air Quality. The volume concludes with Air Quality Systems for Related Enclosed Spaces, in which chapters cover air quality in buildings, ships, submarines, and spacecraft, which provide novel approaches potentially applicable to aircraft. Aircraft Environmental Control Systems....Pages 3-24 Occupational and Public Health Risks....Pages 25-51 Aircraft Cabin Indoor Air Environment Requirements....Pages 53-83 Human Physical Stresses at Normal and Abnormal Cabin Pressures....Pages 87-109 Air Travel and Thrombosis....Pages 111-122 Disruptive Behaviour (“Air Rage”): Possible Aetiology....Pages 123-136 Airplanes and Infectious Disease....Pages 137-149 Microbial Contamination in Airplane Cabins:Health Effects and Remediation....Pages 151-167 Insecticide Use in Occupied Areas of Aircraft....Pages 169-190 Aircraft Air Quality Incidents, Symptoms, Exposures and Possible Solutions....Pages 193-210 Aircraft Air Quality Malfunction Incidents: Causation, Regulatory, Reporting and Rates....Pages 211-228 Crew Effects from Toxic Exposures on Aircraft....Pages 229-248 Aircraft Air Quality Malfunction Incidents: Design, Servicing, and Policy Measures to Decrease Frequency and Severity of Toxic Events....Pages 249-266 Aircraft Cabin Air Filtration and Related Technologies:Requirements, Present Practice and Prospects....Pages 267-289 Aircraft Cabin Air Quality Trends Relative to Ground Level Standards....Pages 293-315 Automobile, Bus, and Rail Passenger Air Quality....Pages 317-334 Indoor Air Quality on Passenger Ships....Pages 335-349 Submarine Atmospheres....Pages 351-382 Air Quality Systems for Related Enclosed Spaces: Spacecraft Air....Pages 383-404