A seasonal study of atmospheric conditions influenced by the intensive tourist flow in the Royal Museum of Wawel Castle in Cracow, Poland

Worobiec, Anna; Samek, Lucyna; Karaszkiewicz, P.; Kontozova-Deutsch, Velichka; Stefaniak, E.; Meel, K. Van; Krata, Agnieszka; Bencs, László; Grieken, R. Van

doi:10.1016/j.microc.2008.04.005

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“…Temporal variation of size resolved indoor and outdoor PM showed that main source of indoor coarse PM are visitors and fine PM infiltration from the outdoor environment (Chatoutsidou et al, 2015). Similar effect has been already described in several studies related to indoor air quality in museums (e.g., Camuffo et al, 1999;Worobiec et al, 2008;Wang et al, 2015;Xiu et al, 2015). Further, the time behavior of PM 10 concentrations measured in various parts of the hall by 3 DustTrak instrument showed that, for the purpose of modelling, the indoor environment can be considered as well mixed.…”

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Contribution of Visitors to the Indoor PM in the National Library in Prague, Czech Republic

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Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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Temporal and spatial variation of size resolved particulate matter (PM) was measured in the Baroque Library Hall of the National Library in Prague during four intensive campaigns by an Aerodynamic Particle Sizer and three DustTrak instruments. The analysis showed, the indoor air can be considered as well mixed and therefore the simple mass balance model was used to estimate basic parameters (ventilation rate, deposition rates and penetration factors). The results revealed that the movement of visitors during visiting hours is the main source of indoor coarse PM. Mass emission rates, estimated from the comparison of measured and modelled data indicates the visitors should contribute about 50 g of coarse particles yearly, which is about 35% of the total load of indoor PM.

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Contribution of Visitors to the Indoor PM in the National Library in Prague, Czech Republic

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“…It was found that the model failed to generate several peaks of indoor particle concentration. Although, the indoor concentration of coarse particles at the size interval 3-20 µm was negligible in all three seasons, it was assumed that this [7][8][9]26,49]. Thus, in order to determine appropriate values of k and P for coarse particles, the indoor concentration was compared in parallel with the outdoor.…”

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Modeling of the aerosol infiltration characteristics in a cultural heritage building: The Baroque Library Hall in Prague

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Please cite this article as: Chatoutsidou SE, Mašková L, Ondráčková L, Ondráček J, Lazaridis M, Smolík J, Modeling of the aerosol infiltration characteristics in a cultural heritage building: The Baroque Library Hall in Prague, Building and Environment (2015), doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. A dynamic mass balance model was introduced taking account particle penetration from outdoors and indoor losses (deposition, ventilation). The model was used to determine deposition rate k and penetration efficiency P in 13 discrete size intervals. Model performance was evaluated using the coefficient of determination (R 2 ) by selecting different pairs of k and P. No unique solution found, thus, averaged values of k and P from the best correlated pairs were used to estimate infiltration factor. Good agreement between infiltration factor and I/O ratio confirmed that modeled k and P were well-estimated. The deposition rate was found to depend strongly on particle size with higher rates for ultrafine and coarse particles. Penetration efficiency, on the other hand, was not clearly related with particle size. The infiltration factor varied substantially with particle size with less effective removal for accumulation fraction (0.1-0.7 µm). Higher infiltration factor for ultrafine particles, compared to coarse particles, indicates that enrichment of the library at this size is caused by penetration from outdoors. On the other hand, human presence during visiting hours found to contribute significantly to coarse particles by increasing the indoor number concentration by a factor of 3, 3.2 and 2 during spring, summer and winter respectively.

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“…In the Correr Museum, Italy, the majority of samples from two campaigns appeared to be composed of six to eight different particle types, from which calcium rich particles and the alumino silicates as well as organic material were the most important contributors . The sampling in Royal Museum of Wawel Castle, Poland (Worobiec et al, 2008) was concluded as well that the number of museum visitors was related to the increase of the particle concentration as well as the particle component. In this study, measurements were conducted to characterize indoor PMs in the museum located in Shanghai Central Business District (CBD).…”

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Characterizing Particulate Pollutants in an Enclosed Museum in Shanghai, China

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The present study reported simultaneous measurements of particle number concentration (PNC), particle mass concentration, water soluble organic carbon (WSOC), organic carbon (OC), elemental carbon (EC), particulate morphology and main elemental properties. The measurements were conducted in a museum located in the downtown area of Shanghai. The impacts of storey, particle size and decorative flooring on particle characteristics inside museum were investigated. Size fractionated PNC in display halls belonging to the same storey exhibited similar daily variations. Particles within the range of 0.3-0.5 µm were identified as the most significant contributors to the overall size distribution measured, as ambient fine particles penetrated through the mechanical ventilation system. Multi-lognormal fitting OC concentrations can be assigned to the presence of tourists in the museum or originate from secondary OC formation. The latter can be estimated by comparing the relationship between OC and EC, as well as OC and WSOC.

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A seasonal study of atmospheric conditions influenced by the intensive tourist flow in the Royal Museum of Wawel Castle in Cracow, Poland

Cited by 34 publications

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Contribution of Visitors to the Indoor PM in the National Library in Prague, Czech Republic

Contribution of Visitors to the Indoor PM in the National Library in Prague, Czech Republic

Modeling of the aerosol infiltration characteristics in a cultural heritage building: The Baroque Library Hall in Prague

Characterizing Particulate Pollutants in an Enclosed Museum in Shanghai, China

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