Concrete, brick and wood are commonly used materials for building and other
infrastructures. Drying is an important process involved in the production and the application …

Abstract Key message Teak (Tectona grandis Lf) is one of the most important tropical
hardwood tree species, which is widely planted in Indonesia. Wood properties are strongly …

This work aims to study and characterize the drying kinetics, the heat mass transfer
coefficients, the densities, the thermal effusivities, the thermal diffusivities and Young's …

Gravimetric vapor sorption experiments were performed on beech wood samples to
determine the directional permeability, diffusion and sorption coefficients in the three …

In the field of convective drying, several models have been proposed by different research
groups, both theoretical and empirical. However, research on theoretical mathematical …

We have developed a model on drying of two tropical woods of ayous (Triplochiton
Scleroxylon) and frake (Terminalia Superba) coming from Cameroon forests. Some …

A solar dryer for wood was constructed and modelled based on the climatic condition of
Epinal, France, during the summer, spring and winter seasons. The solar dryer was able to …

The aim of this article is to characterize the wood-water relationship and certain moisture
transfer properties of Central African species for which very little data exists in the literature …

Sorption behavior of four tropical woods coming from Cameroon is studied using a Dynamic
Vapor Sorption-Intrinsic apparatus. Sorption isotherms at 20 C and 40 C of Triplochiton …

Pyrolysis and combustion processes of twelve Cameroonian woody biomass were
performed in a thermobalance to determine their thermal degradation profiles and the …