Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.48441/4427.3081
Publisher DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18072295
Title: Contaminated aircraft cabin air : a short engineering explanation
Language: English
Authors: Scholz, Dieter  
Keywords: Luftfahrt; Luftfahrzeug; Kabinenluft; Kontamination; aviation; aircraft; cabin; air; cabin air; contamination; fume; fume event; smell; smell event; CACE; filter; recirculation; bleed air; air conditioning; compressor; passenger; crew
Issue Date: 18-Dec-2020
Project: Aircraft Cabin Air 
Conference: Press Meeting: 10 Years German Wings "Cabin Air Contamination Event" (CACE): 2010-12-19 [2020] 
Abstract: 
Frequent Cabin Air Contamination Events (CACEs) show, there is a real problem: Engines leak oil by design and oil can be traced on its way from the engine into the cabin. In addition, there is a legal problem. Certification rules are not followed. Is our democracy corrupted? The technical solution for new aircraft: Apply a bleed-free architecture with direct air intakes and dedicated compressors. The short term partial technical solution: Apply carbon filters a) in the duct to the cabin and b) attached to the recirculation filters. Both solutions are suitable for retrofit.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12738/18595
DOI: 10.48441/4427.3081
Review status: Currently there is no review planned for this version
Institute: Forschungsgruppe Flugzeugentwurf und -systeme (AERO) 
Department Fahrzeugtechnik und Flugzeugbau (ehemalig, aufgelöst 10.2025) 
Fakultät Technik und Informatik (ehemalig, aufgelöst 10.2025) 
Type: Presentation
Additional note: SCHOLZ, Dieter, 2020. Contaminated Aircraft Cabin Air – A Short Engineering Explanation. Press Meeting: 10 Years German Wings (Online, HAW Hamburg, 2020-12-18). Available from: https://doi.org/10.48441/4427.3081
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