Environmental control strategies for the in situ preservation of unearthed relics in archaeology museums

The practice of local environment control for the funerary pits of Emperor Qin's Mausoleum Site Museum

“…9,10 Nevertheless, the premise of these standards is that the collections are preserved in air environment, and they may not be necessarily suitable for the unearthed historical sites that are usually preserved in a soil-air coupling environment (see Figure 1). 11 In practice, however, environmental control systems are designed and function in accordance with the abovementioned specifications since there is no specific standard on the soil-air coupling environment of historical sites. 12 After being buried for hundreds or thousands of years, the relics have reached a balance with its surrounding environment (see Figure 1(a)).…”

“…The goal of the environmental control for unearthed historical site is to have the same temperature and relative humidity (RH) of air and soil. 5,11…”

Sustainability of Evaporative Cooling System for Environment Control for Preservation of Unearthed Historical Sites within Archaeological Museums in China

“…This study noticed about 15% savings in the electricity bill for the Amsterdam Museum. Luo et al [18][19][20][21] proposed a variety of environmental control systems for preservation of historical relic sites (e.g., air curtain system, local displacement ventilation system, capillary radiation system) in China. These systems can effectively support the local environmental control for the historical relic sites and substantially reduce the energy consumption.…”

Advers Effects of Modern Air Conditioning Systems on Increasing the Relative Humidity In Heritage Buildings

“…Xilian Luo and others have studied effect of archeological design of museums on preserving unearthed relics from weather negative effects. Uncontrolled environment causes continuous damage for relics (Xilian Luo, et al, 2015). Dario Camuffo and others have studied effect of continuous and intermittent heating on historical churches in Europe, which causes damage of historical artworks found in churchs.…”