Fundamentals of wood drying
About the book
The present book originates from the work of WG 2 (Fundamentals aspects of wood drying) of COST action E15 (Advances in the drying of wood). It should be considered as a the state-of-the-art of fundamental knowledge concerning the phenomena involved in wood drying. The book contains 13 chapters:
- From fundamental to practice: the interaction chain
- Wood anatomy, an introduction
- Psychometrics
- Sorption isotherms in wood
- Shrinkage, swelling and warp caused by moisture changes
- Bound water migration in wood
- Fluid migration in wood
- Creep deformation in drying wood
- External heat and mass transfer
- Coupled heat and mass transfer
- Stress development
- Discoloration of wood during drying
- Airflow within kilns
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