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Test Results of the Effects of Air Ionization on Cigarette Smoke Particulate Levels Within a Commercial Airplane
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Passengers and flight attendants often notice a haze of smoke under the overhead stowage bins in aircraft cabins when cigarette smoking is allowed. As normally operated, the ventilation system in Boeing 737/757 aircraft does not rapidly remove this smoke haze. Air ionization systems from three vendors were tested in a 10 foot long Boeing 737/757 cabin test section with a cruise condition ventilation rate and two cigarette smoking rates to assess their effectiveness in removing smoke haze from the local breathing areas of passengers and flight attendants. Smoke particulate densities were monitored at five breathing areas and at an exit grill in the test section. All of the ionization systems significantly increased the rate of smoke removal after smoking had stopped, increasing the removal rate by about 25%. None of the systems showed a statistically significant reduction of smoke levels at the individual monitoring points while cigarettes were being smoked. However, one system did show a statistically significant reduction when the results were averaged over the entire breathing area.
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Hendren, S. and Gillis, J., "Test Results of the Effects of Air Ionization on Cigarette Smoke Particulate Levels Within a Commercial Airplane," SAE Technical Paper 921183, 1992, https://doi.org/10.4271/921183.Also In
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