Wood drying is a key operation of wood processing to ensure that the wood retains its
physical integrity and stability in remanufacturing and in use. However, in industrial drying …

The uniformity of final moisture content within a drying timber batch is crucial. Lack of such
uniformity leads to undesirable moisture ranges, thus producing large percentages of over …

Drying is one of the most important processing steps in the production of timber and many of
the wood composites. During this process, freshly cut timber, veneer, strands, or wood …

The uniformity of final moisture content within a drying timber batch is crucial. Lack of such
uniformity leads to producing large percentages of over-dried and under-dried timber …

This work compares a conventional continuous drying schedule with a solar cyclic drying
schedule for the seasoning of an Australian hardwood timber, Eucalyptus grandis, focusing …

This article proposes a dual-scale computational model of wood drying in a batch lumber
kiln. The stack may consist of a large number of boards (typically 100) arranged in layers …

Kiln drying is admittedly a significant value-adding step in timber processing where the
importance of predicting moisture within a dried batch cannot be overemphasized. This …

One important problem in lumber drying is to maintain the lumber moisture content
distribution within certain minimum and maximum values. Over-drying and under-drying are …

The paper presents an experimental measurement of diffusion coefficients of wood and
theoretical analysis (stochastic analysis) based on influence of uncertainty in these …

This article describes a novel stochastic model designed to simulate systems that cannot be
analyzed as a unit, but as a collection of a large number of similar components. In order to …