Modified Atmosphere Applications in Museums
Historical Palaces in Istanbul (Turkey) are infested with the furniture beetle (Anobium punctaturn) with the aid of favorable conditions such as high humidity and temperature. Due to ban of Methyl bromide in Turkey, the furniture beetle disinfestations of wooden historical artifacts have been shifted to use of alternative applications such as modified atmospheres. In this study, portable wooden artifacts, which have damage risks with the traditional fumigation procedures, were confined in PVC cubes of 30 m3 volumes to apply with modified atmospheres composed of conditioned high nitrogen((99%). Nitrogen gas was obtained using a Nitrogen Gas Generator and a SCADA （supervisory control and data acquisition) system were also set to maintain N2 concentrations in several PVC units at desired levels during the application period of 30 days. Results showed that portable PVC modified atmosphere units were effective to retain N2 concentrations at high levels, and the PLC SCADA system successfully controlled the N2 levels in several PVC units, and that no insect survived after 30 days of exposure to high nitrogen.
Mevlüt EMEKCI Ahmet Güray FERIZLI
Ankara University Faculty of Agriculture Department of Plant Protection 06110 Ankara, Turkey
国际会议
成都
英文
421-423
2008-09-21（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）