Engineering Approach for Computation of the Energy Consumption Needed for Defrosting and Subsequent Heating of Frozen Wood Chips

Abstract:

An engineering approach for the calculation of the specific mass energy consumption, which is needed for defrosting and the subsequent heating of the frozen wood chips above the hydroscopic range, (in kWh·t^-1), has been suggested. Equations for easy calculation of have been derived, depending on the wood moisture content u, on the fiber saturation points of the wood species at 20 °C and at –2 °C (i.e. at 293.15 K and at 271.15 K), and respectively, on the initial chips’ temperature, T₀ , and on the final temperature of the heated after their defrosting chips, T₁.For the calculation of the according to the suggested approach and equations a software program has been prepared in MS Excel 2010. With the help of the program calculations have been carried out for the determination of the energy consumption , which is needed for defrosting and subsequent heating of oak, acacia, beech, and poplar frozen chips with moisture content in the range from u = 0.4 kg·kg^-1 to u = 1.0 kg·kg^-1, initial temperature t₀ = –20 °C and t₀ = –10 °C until reaching of the chips‘ mass temperature of t₁ = 80 °C, t₁ = 100 °C, and t₁ = 120 °C at the end of the heating.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 688)
• Pages: 50-56
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.688.50
• Online since: April 2016
• Authors: Nencho Deliiski*, Anton Geffert, Jarmila Geffertova, Veselin Brezin, Izabela Radkova
• Keywords: Defrosting, Frozen Wood Chips, Heating, Mass Energy Consumption

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