Why Choose Pall Cabin Air Filters?

Pall has the most experience in aircraft cabin air filtration and VOC removal. Its distributor, Satair, provides a global 24/7 technical support service to the airlines.

Cabin Air Experience

In the 1980's, Pall worked with Airbus to design and manufacture the first cabin air filters for the A300-600/A310 aircraft. When the first cabin air recirculation systems were designed, the primary function of the non-HEPA cabin air filters was to protect the fans and downstream ducting from contamination.

In the 1990's, Pall used its medical filtration experience to introduce the first HEPA filters for the Boeing and Airbus fleet. At this time, the primary function changed to provide passenger/crew protection by removing airborne contamination, including bacteria and viruses, from the recirculated air.

Pall continues to research and develop the latest technologies to remove particulate contamination, as well as odors and Volatile Organic Compound (VOCs), from the aircraft cabin environment.

Cabin Air Technical Performance

Pall's decades of design and manufacturing expertise ensures the following:
  • C check filter element service life (result of high dirt holding capacity)
  • Minimum pressure loss
  • Minimum weight
  • High collapse strength
  • True HEPA filters (>99.999% microbial removal efficiency)
  • High adsorption capacity for odors/VOCs (with optional carbon filters)
Overview
Overview
Aircraft Cabin Air Filtration
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Cabin air filters for all the major commercial aircraft
Cabin air filters for all the major commercial aircraft
Why Choose Pall?
Why Choose Pall?
Pall's experience in aircraft cabin air filtration and VOC removal
Design & Testing Capabilities
Design & Testing Capabilities
Learn about Pall's design and engineering expertise
A poorly designed cabin air filter, e.g. with low collapse strength and low dirt holding capacity, could rupture in service causing contaminants to be released into the cabin. This type of failure will NOT be detected by monitoring the filter element pressure loss because a ruptured cabin air filter will NOT cause a high delta-P indication.

View the list of Pall's next generation of cabin air filters

Cabin Air Research Projects

The European Commission (EC) uses a funded framework program to boost research and innovation within European aerospace. For the following cabin air research projects, Pall Aerospace is the only filter supplier on the team:

ASICA. (Air Management Simulation for Aircraft Cabins),
February 2000 to July 2003
Project Co-ordinator - Liebherr Aerospace, France
Objective: Produce a computer simulation tool for the aircraft cabin environment.

Pall worked with the Airbus research organisation to produce and test three different technology demonstrators for the removal of VOCs (volatile organic compounds)

CABINAIR
January 2001 to December 2003
Project Co-ordinator - BRE (Building Research Establishment) , UK
Objective - Improve air quality in aircraft cabins using "measurements in the sky" and innovative designs and technologies

Pall manufactured and tested a technology demonstrator for VOC removal, as well as investigated solutions for the filtration of the outside air.

FACE (Friendly Aircraft Cabin Environment)
April 2002 to April 2006
Project Co-ordinator - Alenia, Italy
Objective: Improve environmental comfort in the aircraft cabin and cockpit of future European turbofan aircraft. It addresses the environmental comfort parameters that depend on noise, vibration and air quality technology, and includes effects on/from multimedia utilisation.

Pall manufactured and tested a HEPA/VOC removal system and also investigated the compounds that are present in the aircraft cabin and acceptable levels for health and comfort.

iSPACE (Innovative Systems for Personalised Aircraft Cabin
September 2009 to September 2012
Project Co-ordinator - Fraunhofer Institute, Germany

Objective is "to provide aircraft manufacturers and the supplier industry with know-how and innovations to address the individualisation of passenger cabin environment. This will ultimately provide a step-change in passenger comfort during flight"

ACER (Airliner Cabin Environment Research)
Started May 2005
Project Sponsor: US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
"a comprehensive and integrated program of research and development" on 10 research subjects, including cabin air filtration.