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J. Winter¹, I. Windemut¹, N. Kevlishvili¹, D. Schmeling² and J. Maier³

¹Institute of Vehicle Concepts, German Aerospace Center, Stuttgart, Germany
²Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, German Aerospace Center, Goettingen, Germany
³Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center, Hamburg, Germany

doi:10.4203/ccp.110.196

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J. Winter, I. Windemut, N. Kevlishvili, D. Schmeling, J. Maier, "Passenger Comfort for the Next Generation Train: Subject Trials for Ventilation and Lighting", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 196, 2016. doi:10.4203/ccp.110.196

Keywords: passenger, comfort, air-conditioning, lighting, noise, pressure, vibration, ride-comfort, ventilation, heating, HVAC.

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Excellent passenger comfort should become a competitive advantage for railways again. For a long time railways have lost the alignment to other modes of transport as for example automobiles. In the frame of the Next Generation Train project plenty of passenger comfort aspects, including ride smoothness, vibration, acoustic noise, pressure fluctuation, lighting, and air-conditioning in high-speed trains are addressed. The current paper is the third one in a series giving a comprehensive overview on the passenger comfort activities at the German Aerospace Center since 2007. In this concluding paper the results of laboratory trials on ventilation and lighting with human subjects are presented. In particular, we describe two studies performed for analysing the thermal comfort of displacement ventilation with air outlets installed under the passenger seats and the pilot study of infrared heating via a panel installed in front of the first row. Further, in two tests, the comfort perception of passengers subjected to a new lighting concept with OLEDs was assessed. Due to the OLEDs' properties, such as diffuse light with no glare and a warm colour appearance of the light source, subjective comfort is achieved even with the lower average illuminance than defined by EN 13272:2012. Finally, an outlook is given.

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Front Page Browse CCP CSETS CTR IJRT Other Authors Search Purchase Guide FAQ Contact us	Civil-Comp Proceedings ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 110 PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE Edited by: J. Pombo Paper 196 Passenger Comfort for the Next Generation Train: Subject Trials for Ventilation and Lighting J. Winter¹, I. Windemut¹, N. Kevlishvili¹, D. Schmeling² and J. Maier³ ¹Institute of Vehicle Concepts, German Aerospace Center, Stuttgart, Germany ²Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, German Aerospace Center, Goettingen, Germany ³Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center, Hamburg, Germany doi:10.4203/ccp.110.196 purchase the full-text of this paper Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper J. Winter, I. Windemut, N. Kevlishvili, D. Schmeling, J. Maier, "Passenger Comfort for the Next Generation Train: Subject Trials for Ventilation and Lighting", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 196, 2016. doi:10.4203/ccp.110.196 Keywords: passenger, comfort, air-conditioning, lighting, noise, pressure, vibration, ride-comfort, ventilation, heating, HVAC. Summary Excellent passenger comfort should become a competitive advantage for railways again. For a long time railways have lost the alignment to other modes of transport as for example automobiles. In the frame of the Next Generation Train project plenty of passenger comfort aspects, including ride smoothness, vibration, acoustic noise, pressure fluctuation, lighting, and air-conditioning in high-speed trains are addressed. The current paper is the third one in a series giving a comprehensive overview on the passenger comfort activities at the German Aerospace Center since 2007. In this concluding paper the results of laboratory trials on ventilation and lighting with human subjects are presented. In particular, we describe two studies performed for analysing the thermal comfort of displacement ventilation with air outlets installed under the passenger seats and the pilot study of infrared heating via a panel installed in front of the first row. Further, in two tests, the comfort perception of passengers subjected to a new lighting concept with OLEDs was assessed. Due to the OLEDs' properties, such as diffuse light with no glare and a warm colour appearance of the light source, subjective comfort is achieved even with the lower average illuminance than defined by EN 13272:2012. Finally, an outlook is given. purchase the full-text of this paper (price £22) go to the previous paper go to the next paper return to the table of contents return to the book description purchase this book (price £85 +P&P)
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