Mathematical modeling of environmental conditions inside historical buildings. The case of the archaeological museum of Athens

Papakonstantinou, KA; Kiranoudis, CT; Markatos, NC

dc.contributor.author	Papakonstantinou, KA	en
dc.contributor.author	Kiranoudis, CT	en
dc.contributor.author	Markatos, NC	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:15:41Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:15:41Z
dc.date.issued	2000	en
dc.identifier.issn	0378-7788	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/13670
dc.subject	natural ventilation	en
dc.subject	air quality	en
dc.subject	numerical methods	en
dc.subject	thermal comfort	en
dc.subject	turbulent buoyant convection	en
dc.subject	contaminants' dispersion	en
dc.subject.classification	Construction & Building Technology	en
dc.subject.classification	Energy & Fuels	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Civil	en
dc.title	Mathematical modeling of environmental conditions inside historical buildings. The case of the archaeological museum of Athens	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/S0378-7788(99)00014-6	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0378-7788(99)00014-6	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2000	en
heal.abstract	Indoor pollutants can damage cultural property stored in museums, art galleries, libraries and archives. A relatively small number of measurements available for the interiors are restricted to just a few gases. The paper draws attention to the lack of information about the airborne pollutants' dispersion of museum interiors and presents a mathematical model, implemented in a general computer code, that can provide detailed information on velocity and temperature as well as pollutants' concentrations prevailing in three-dimensional buildings of any geometrical complexity, for given external meteorological conditions. The model involves the partial differential equations governing flow Brid heat transfer, in large enclosures, containing heat and pollutants sources. Turbulent flow is simulated and buoyancy effects are taken into-account. The model allows for such practical aspects of the problems under consideration as blockages, internal heat and contaminants loads, external weather conditions, the presence of people, etc. The model is used to assess the environmental conditions inside the main Hall of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens (Myceane Hall) with external conditions corresponding to Ministry of Environment summer and winter days. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA	en
heal.journalName	ENERGY AND BUILDINGS	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/S0378-7788(99)00014-6	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000085845900005	en
dc.identifier.volume	31	en
dc.identifier.issue	3	en
dc.identifier.spage	211	en
dc.identifier.epage	220	en