The Indoor Environment of a Modern Museum Building, The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, UK

Brimblecombe, Peter; Blades, Nigel; Camuffo, Dario; Sturaro, Giovanni; Valentino, Antonio; Gysels, Kristin; Grieken, R. Van; Busse, Hans‐Jürgen; Kim, O.; Ulrych, Ursula; Wieser, Monika

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“…Indoor-outdoor relationship of ambient PM is reported in other studies dealing with museum environments [7,18,21,25,46]. …”

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“…Numerous studies have already focused on indoor air characterization of libraries and museums with regard to chemical pollutants, indoors sources, chemical reactions and environmental factors [4,[6][7][8][18][19][20][21][22][23]2,24]. Moreover, the characteristics of indoor PM in museums were also studied with regard to the outdoor environment [7,9,25,26].…”

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

Chatoutsidou

Mašková

Ondráčková

et al. 2015

Building and Environment

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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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“…Indoor-outdoor relationship of ambient PM is reported in other studies dealing with museum environments [7,18,21,25,46]. …”

Section: A C C E P T E D Accepted Manuscriptmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

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Mašková

Ondráčková

et al. 2015

Building and Environment

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“…Since the 1980s, a series of indoor air studies in museums have been carried out in developed countries such as Italy, Austria, Belgium, UK, and USA (Ligocki et al, 1990;Nazaroff et al, 1990;Grosjean et al, 1992;Brimblecombe et al, 1999;Camuffo et al, 1999Camuffo et al, , 2001Gysels et al, 2002;Worobiec et al, 2008). China has more than 2,000 museums containing artifacts from its 7,000 years' history (http://www.sach.gov.cn/), but little attention is paid regarding air quality and its effects on Chinese museums except for a study on the Yungang cave pollution (Christoforou et al, 1996(Christoforou et al, , 1999.…”

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confidence: 99%

Chemical Composition of Indoor and Outdoor Atmospheric Particles at Emperor Qin's Terra-cotta Museum, Xi’an, China

Cao

Chow

et al. 2011

Aerosol Air Qual. Res.

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Indoor particles and microclimate were measured in summer (August 2004) and winter (January 2005) periods inside and outside Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Museum in Xi'an, China. Indoor temperature ranged from 21.9°C to 32.4°C in summer and from 0°C to 5.3°C in winter. Relative humidity varied from 56% to 80% in summer and from 48% to 78% in winter. The number concentrations of particles were lower (0.3-1.0 μm) in summer, and were higher (1.0-7.0 μm) in winter. The average indoor PM 2.5 and TSP concentrations were 108.4 ± 30.3 μg/m 3 and 172.4 ± 46.5 μg/m 3 in summer and were 242.3 ± 189.0 μg/m 3 and 312.5 ± 112.8 μg/m 3 in winter, respectively. Sulfate, organic matter, and geological material dominated indoor PM 2.5 , followed by ammonium, nitrate, and elemental carbon. Several milligram of sulfate particles can deposited in the museum per square meter each year based on the dry deposition estimate. High concentrations of acidic particles suspended inside the museum and their depositions have high risk for the erosion of the terra-cotta figures.

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“…Internally generated pollution in real museum conditions have long been known to have serious effects on specific types of objects but convenient methods of measuring and assessing risks are required (Toishi & Kenjo, 1968;Daniels & Ward, 1982;Zehnder & Arnold, 1984;Tennent et al, 1992;Andrew et al, 1993;Brimblecombe et al, 1999;Brokerhof, 1999;Blades et al, 2002;Ryhl-Svendsen, 1999-2002Tétreault et al, 2003;Beltran & Maekawa, 2005;Odlyha et al, 2007;Schieweck & Salthammer, 2009). For many other materials used in museum objects, including cellulose, there is evidence that low levels of damage may be taking place as a result of exposure to high levels of relatively weak organic acids.…”

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Colour measurement of acid-detector strips for the quantification of volatile organic acids in storage conditions

Hackney¹

2016

Studies in Conservation

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Acid-detector (A-D) strips were originally developed to assess the deterioration of acetate film stock, but they can also be used more generally within enclosures to detect volatile acidic pollution. A hand-held reflectance spectrophotometer was used to record the colour of individual strips in order to make consistent and reproducible readings. Calibration was carried out using the yellow-blue axis b*(D65) value in the CIELAB1976 system to measure the colour of A-D strips suspended in enclosed containers over solutions of acetic acid in combinations with glycerol to control the relative humidity (RH). A-D strips were found to be sensitive to changes in high RH (60-90%) but affected little by changes in lower RH or temperatures in the museum display and storage range. A-D strips can be used to establish the presence of volatile acids, record the indication of acid vapour concentration, explore conditions within a container, and to find sources of volatile acidity. They respond very quickly and several can be placed around an object. They therefore show promise for measuring slowly changing conditions, such as seasonal changes and the gradual accumulation of acidity in poorly ventilated containers and spaces. A-D strips proved useful in assessing air quality in storage and display enclosures. Examples and test results are presented. Wellsealed plywood transit frames and storage cases were found to be most polluted with volatile acids. Storage rooms with air filtration systems but filled with wooden objects had significantly reduced air quality.

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The Indoor Environment of a Modern Museum Building, The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, UK

Cited by 77 publications

References 37 publications

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

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

Chemical Composition of Indoor and Outdoor Atmospheric Particles at Emperor Qin's Terra-cotta Museum, Xi’an, China

Colour measurement of acid-detector strips for the quantification of volatile organic acids in storage conditions

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