title: Primitive environment control for preservation of pit relics in archeology museums of China.
abstract: Immovable historical relics in some archeology museums of China suffer deterioration due to their improper preservation environment. The existing environmental control systems used in archeology museums are often designed for the amenities of visitors, and these manipulated environments are often inappropriate for the conservation of abiotic relics. This paper points out that the large open space of the existing archeology museum could be a cause of deterioration of the relics from the point of view of indoor air convective flow. The paper illustrates the need to introduce a local pit environmental control, which could reintegrate a pit primitive environment for the preservation of the historical relics by using an air curtain system, orientated to isolate the unearthed relics, semiexposed in pits to the large gallery open space of the exhibition hall.
authors.affiliation: Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China. guzhaoln@mail.xjtu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Zhaolin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Xilian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Xiangzhao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Zanshe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Chuck
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rong
authors.forename: Ku
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wenwu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tan
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001106:Archaeology; D002681:China; D004058:Diffusion; D004777:Environment; D005740:Gases; D009144:Museums
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D005740:Gases