The impact of electric overhead radiant heating on the indoor environment of historic churches

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-369

  Samek, Lucyna ^a   De Maeyer Worobiec, Anna ^b   Spolnik, Zoya ^b   Bencs, László ^b   Kontozova, Velichka ^b   Bratasz, Łukasz ^c   Kozłowski, Roman ^c   Van Grieken, René ^b  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF CATALYSIS AND SURFACE CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air flows; Heating of churches; Indoor and outdoor air; Microclimate; Particle transport and deposition; Radiant heaters; Suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548490572     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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