A thermodynamic approach to the microclimate environment of museums

Giuseppe Maino and Umberto Lucia

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2019, vol. 517, issue C, 66-72

Abstract: Historical buildings represent an important part of the cultural heritage and an economic source for Countries. Generally, they are used for public purposes and specifically to host museums and art exhibitions. Even if they are private homes, these buildings must be conserved in their original conditions as possible but have also to guarantee the best preservation conditions for the works of art they contain and a suitable thermal comfort for visitors and people living or working there. Therefore, a technical physical application of thermal comfort control is needed since the human thermal environment is the result of the interaction of air temperature, air velocity and humidity. These parameters are the basis of the designing of comfortable habitat.

Keywords: Microclimate; Historical building; Entropy; Exergy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2018.08.121

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