Measurements of indoor air quality on commercial transport aircraft.

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• Personal Author:
  Bloom, Thomas F. ; Deddens J ; Grajewski, Barbara A. ; Waters MA
• Description:
  Exposures to cabin environmental contaminants were measured on 36 commercial transport aircraft. The objectives were to characterize levels of contaminants and evaluate the relationship between flight factors such as aircraft size, occupancy, ventilation, and flight length, and environmental parameters. Monitoring was conducted at two coach locations for the duration of the flight for VOCs, nitrogen oxides, CO, CO2, O3, temperature, relative humidity, total particulates, and barometric pressure. Five-minute average concentration ranges were: CO2 515-4902 ppm; O3 <0.05-0.24 ppm; CO <0.2-2.9 ppm; nitrogen oxides <0.05-2.0 ppm; and total particulates <0.028-0.197 mg/m^3, Gate-to-gate average concentrations of VOCs were: toluene <3-130 ppb, limonene <3-12 ppb, arid ethanol <0.8-2.4 ppb. Carbon dioxide exposures were highest on shorter and high-occupancy flights, aircraft with greater recirculated-to-fresh-air ratio, and narrow-bodied aircraft. In general, contaminant levels were low compared to standards. Carbon dioxide levels indicated lower ventilation rates per occupant than most other indoor environments. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aerosols Aircraft Air Pollutants, Occupational Dust Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Particulate Matter Safety Ventilation
• Keywords:
  Ventilation-systems; Particulates; Aerosols; Sampling; Air-samples; Organic-compounds; Organic-dusts; Air-quality-measurement; Air-quality-monitoring; Air-transportation; Airborne-particles
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033873
• Citation:
  Indoor Air 2002 Jun; :782-787
• Email:
  mwaters@cdc.gov
• CAS Registry Number:
  (+)-Limonene (CAS RN 5989-27-5) ; Carbon dioxide (CAS RN 124-38-9) ; Carbon monoxide (CAS RN 630-08-0) ; Ozone (CAS RN 10028-15-6) ; Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Indoor Air 2002, Proceedings: 9th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate, Montery, California, June30-July 5, 2002
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/245836/cdc_245836_DS1.pdf
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