Fumigation Applications in Historical Buildings
Disinfestations of historical buildings by re-circulating of a gaseous fumigant through the building is a fumigation technique that was practiced. The building constructed from a mix of wood and stone is a historical palace, in Istanbul （Turkey), which is a volume of 40. 000 m3, composed of two floors and a basement. It contains extensive use of mother-of-pearl that covered almost all of its surfaces. There are also detailed painted landscapes on the ceiling. Valuable old sculptures of wood,paintings on wood or with wooden frames, as well as parquet floor material are all very susceptible to damage by wood boring insects. The main pest in that building was the fumiture beetle. Damage was very serious on the wooden parts. Methyl bromide was the only registered fumigant at 2005 in Turkey. So,fumigation was carried out using methyl bromide. Because of fire risk of fan electricity, re-circulation system was set up outside of the building and electricity was cut off during fumigation inside the building. Before fumigation, all sensitive and precious objects were kept in specially designed cube in the building to disinfest using modified atmosphere application. The building was fumigated with methyl bromide at 20-32 g/m3 for two days of exposure. Whenever gas concentration decreases, additional gases were added to keep desired concentration inside the building. A piece of heavily infested wooden sample were kept inside the building during the fumigation.After aeration of the building, wooden sample were kept in glass cabinet for 3 months without any insect activity.
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Ahmet Güray FERIZLI Mevlüt EMEKCI
Ankara University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection 06110 Ankara, Turkey
国际会议
成都
英文
428-431
2008-09-21（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）