Influence of Temperature Fields on the Quality of Dried Wood Products

Abstract:

The reasons of white spots appearance in the middle of oak timber are determined. These white spots reduce the cost of the lamina made of oak timbers - the front covering of floorboards. It is proposed to intensify the drying process by using oscillating drying schedules to avoid this defect. A method for calculating the duration of such drying is proposed. This method includes the peculiarities of heating and cooling periods kinetics of oak timbers with 25 mm and 30 mm thickness. The inexpediency of using the oscillation of the drying agent parameters in the range of wood moisture content below 20% has been established. An adequate model for calculating wood temperature and air humidity during wood heating and cooling periods has been developed using heat and mass transfer criteria and experimentally determined oak wood moisture conductivity coefficient. Based on the results of theoretical and experimental studies oscillating drying schedules of different thickness oak timbers are offered. Tests of the proposed schedules in industrial conditions showed no discoloration of the central layers of European oak (Quercus robur) timbers. The drying process duration was reduced by 1.5–2.4 times and energy consumption were reduced by 1.53 times.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 1038)
• Pages: 336-344
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.1038.336
• Online since: July 2021
• Authors: Olena Pinchevska*, Andriy Spirochkin, Denys Zavialov, Rostislav Oliynyk
• Keywords: Diffusion Coefficient, Drying Duration, Drying Quality, European Oak (Quercus robur), Oscillating Schedules

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