Ebook: Kiln-Drying of Lumber
- Tags: Agriculture, Forestry, Plant Sciences, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
- Series: Springer Series in Wood Science
- Year: 2000
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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At present, no single book adequately covers a basic understanding of wood book satisfies the need for such a work. It describes drying in practice. This the fundamental basis of kiln-drying technology, to enable forest companies to imFrove their drying operations as high-quality timbers become scarcer and of yesteryear can no longer be tolerated. Adaptive the wasteful practices is no longer good enough. Innovations change based on past experience of the material being dried and the processes require a sound understanding of drying. Newer techniques, such as the use of ultrahigh temperature sea soning and superheated steam under vacuum, require an even greater depth of physical understanding for these methods to be used effectively and economically. book provides a description of modern ideas about wood structure, This moisture movement and stress development, from which models of the drying process are developed to give the kiln operator important information about the course of drying under specified conditions, and thus a means is compared with practice wherever for rational process improvement. Theory possible.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
The Structure of Wood....Pages 1-21
Wood-Water Relationships....Pages 23-42
Evaporation and Humidification....Pages 43-64
Wood-Drying Kinetics....Pages 65-84
Moisture Diffusion....Pages 85-115
Multiple-Mechanism Models....Pages 117-138
Lumber Quality....Pages 139-169
Stress and Strain Behaviour....Pages 171-202
Airflow and Convection....Pages 203-219
Kiln Operation....Pages 221-246
Pretreatments of Green Lumber....Pages 247-270
Less-Common Drying Methods....Pages 271-289
Back Matter....Pages 291-326
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
The Structure of Wood....Pages 1-21
Wood-Water Relationships....Pages 23-42
Evaporation and Humidification....Pages 43-64
Wood-Drying Kinetics....Pages 65-84
Moisture Diffusion....Pages 85-115
Multiple-Mechanism Models....Pages 117-138
Lumber Quality....Pages 139-169
Stress and Strain Behaviour....Pages 171-202
Airflow and Convection....Pages 203-219
Kiln Operation....Pages 221-246
Pretreatments of Green Lumber....Pages 247-270
Less-Common Drying Methods....Pages 271-289
Back Matter....Pages 291-326
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