Mass Diffusivities of Radiata Pine in Superheated Steam Drying

Hua Wu Liu; Zhen Yun Wang; Ping Xu

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.146-147.357

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Mass Diffusivities of Radiata Pine in Superheated Steam Drying

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Superheated steam drying is an energy saving and effective drying technology, in which the waste heat is recycled with the loop system and the moisture removal is much faster than that of conventional low temperature drying. The computation methods for the estimation of wood mass diffusivities were evaluated and the first ten terms of the analytic solution of Fick’s Second Law was considered sufficiently accurate, but Crank’s method was rejected, due to its large errors. The experimental data show that higher temperature significantly accelerated the drying rate. In addition, no visible surface or internal checks have been found in the superheated steam dried samples (dry-bulb temperature 160, 180, 200, 220 oC). The highly effective super heated steam drying is definitely an advantage. However, samples were browned when dried above 220 oC, which may be regarded as the critical temperature for quality control.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 146-147)

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Hua Wu Liu, Zhen Yun Wang, Ping Xu

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Mass Diffusivities, Radiata Pine, Superheated Steam Drying

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