@inproceedings{faf909cddc184d0791f9b4849cb68efb,
title = "Measurements of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in an Airliner Cabin",
abstract = "Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in commercial airliner cabins may have an impact on passenger and crew's health but they are not widely studied. This investigation evaluated the species and concentrations of the VOCs by sampling the air from a recently retired but functional MD-82 aircraft cabin. The plane was on service for 20 years and was not used for one year prior to our measurements. The air samples were collected by tedlar gas sample bags and analyzed by a Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS). The test results showed that the aircraft cabin air had 73 species of VOCs and most of them were alkanes. The other VOCs included aromatic hydrocarbon, ketones, alkenes, aldehydes, alcohols, esters and naphthalenes. The monitoring in the MD-82 aircraft cabin by a photoionization detector (PID) found also that the concentration of Total Volatile Organic Compounds (TVOC) increased over time after the general ventilation by the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) were turned off. This indicated that the cabin furnishing materials continued to emit VOCs.",
keywords = "Airliner cabin, Health, TVOC, Ventilation, VOCs",
author = "Lei Meng and Junjie Liu and Qingyan Chen",
year = "2011",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781627482721",
series = "12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 2011",
pages = "460--464",
booktitle = "12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 2011",
note = "12th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate 2011 ; Conference date: 05-06-2011 Through 10-06-2011",
}