Method and device for improving the thermal comfort in passenger airplanes
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1. A method of improving thermal comfort in a passenger airplane, the airplane having a cabin with interior surfaces, the airplane cabin for transporting one or more passengers, the method comprising:
- applying a heat-reflecting coating with a thermal emission coefficient no greater than approximately 0.5 to at least one interior surface of a cabin of a passenger airplane,whereby the coating provides improved radiation exchange with a passenger in the airplane cabin when compared with an uncoated interior surface wherein the at least one interior surface of the airplane cabin comprises decorative plastic foil, and wherein the coating is applied to the decorative plastic foil.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for improving the thermal comfort in passenger planes by means of a heat-reflecting coating with a low thermal emission coefficient, and airplanes and airplane parts bearing this coating. According to the invention, the coating is applied to the existing interior surfaces of the airplane cabin wall such that a passenger of the airplane may be in direct radiation exchange with this coating.
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1. A method of improving thermal comfort in a passenger airplane, the airplane having a cabin with interior surfaces, the airplane cabin for transporting one or more passengers, the method comprising:
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applying a heat-reflecting coating with a thermal emission coefficient no greater than approximately 0.5 to at least one interior surface of a cabin of a passenger airplane, whereby the coating provides improved radiation exchange with a passenger in the airplane cabin when compared with an uncoated interior surface wherein the at least one interior surface of the airplane cabin comprises decorative plastic foil, and wherein the coating is applied to the decorative plastic foil. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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