Microclimatic analysis in the Museum of Physics, University of Turin, Italy: A case-study⋆

Ferrarese, S.; Bertoni, D.; Dentis, V.; Gena, L.; Leone, Matteo; Rinaudo, Marta

doi:10.1140/epjp/i2018-12367-4

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“…The EN 15757 standard overcame this difficulty with the definition of the historic climate that considers the environment conditions where the works of art are acclimatized. In order to compare different microclimatic conditions, several indexes have been defined (such as [5][6][7]); they are easily computed using more than one microclimatic parameter and provide comprehensive information about different sites. Despite the availability of these useful instruments, the debate around safe zones is still open.…”

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Indoor Microclimate Analysis of the San Panfilo Church in Tornimparte, Italy

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This work presents the results of a microclimatic analysis in the church of San Panfilo in Tornimparte, in the Abruzzo region, Italy. The church of San Panfilo, dating from the XII–XIII century, preserves in the presbytery some marvelous frescoes of Saturnino Gatti (1494). A measurement campaign was organized from February 2021 to April 2022 with the aim of investigating the microclimate inside the church in view of the organization of fresco restoration. The monitoring activity was performed with intensive measurements on specific days during the year and with continuous measurements throughout the whole year. The main microclimatic parameters, relative humidity and temperature, were monitored in various sites inside and outside the church. Some physical quantities, such as dew point temperature, dew point spread and specific humidity, were computed from measured data. Measured and computed data permitted to evaluate the daily and monthly values, their evolution during the year, the daily fluctuations and delay times caused by the building. The resulting discussion allowed to identify potentially dangerous events for the conservation of the frescoes. Moreover, the historic climate inside the church was detected.

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Indoor Microclimate Analysis of the San Panfilo Church in Tornimparte, Italy

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“…Impact of the external climate on the indoor environment in museums or other historical sites, e.g., churches, are focused on dust and gaseous pollutants transport from outside to inside [8,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] but also on the impact of hygrothermal external conditions on the indoor climate [29][30][31][32][33][34][35]. Recent studies [19,25], shows that a particularly unfavourable situation is when a museum is located in the centre of the city because pollution from traffic penetrates inside the museum.…”

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Hygrothermal Risk in Museum Buildings Located in Moderate Climate

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Works of art are sensitive to environmental factors—mainly temperature and relative humidity—which, when stable, are generally recommended as ideal protection conditions, but in historical museum buildings, the required conditions are difficult to maintain, due to a lack of adequate heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems. The paper presents the analysis of one-year measurements of temperature and relative humidity in three different museums in Poland. The aim of the research was to identify the risk to museum collections, due to unbalanced moisture loads and unstable indoor air temperatures, as well as to identify possible causes of fluctuations in these parameters. This article focuses on assessing the impact of variable external and internal loads on the hygrothermal parameters of indoor air. The profile of internal hygrothermal loads in exhibition halls varied over time, which resulted in a temporary variation of the indoor environmental parameters. The lack of appropriate systems, shaping the microclimate in the analyzed museums, and the lack of automatic control in existing devices did not allow to maintain the temperature and relative humidity within appropriate limits. In the museums, the maximum indoor temperature values were higher than those recommended in the requirements. Relative humidity values in all museums exceeded the recommended range both above and below.

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