Analysing the drying behavior of juvenile and mature Eucalyptus saligna wood in drastic drying test for optimal drying schedule

The heterogeneity of characteristics observed in the pith-bark direction within a log causes sawn pieces of wood have different behaviors during water removal. Understanding these differences is important for the industry regarding the possibility of classification of the lumber into juvenile wood a...

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Autores principales: Dias Soares,Bruno Charles, Tarcísio Lima,José, Moreira da Silva,José Reinaldo
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Publicado: Universidad del Bío-Bío 2016
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-221X20160004000032016-10-13Analysing the drying behavior of juvenile and mature Eucalyptus saligna wood in drastic drying test for optimal drying scheduleDias Soares,Bruno CharlesTarcísio Lima,JoséMoreira da Silva,José Reinaldo Drying potential drying rate drying time end checks moisture content The heterogeneity of characteristics observed in the pith-bark direction within a log causes sawn pieces of wood have different behaviors during water removal. Understanding these differences is important for the industry regarding the possibility of classification of the lumber into juvenile wood and mature wood, facilitating the drying in separate loads. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the behavior of juvenile and mature wood samples of Eucalyptus saligna when subjected to drastic drying. In order to do this, test specimens were submitted to drastic drying at 100°C to obtain the drying times, drying rates and dimensions of end checks. These data were applied in equations to obtain the parameters initial temperature, final temperature and drying potential, used in the elaboration of drying schedules. In juvenile wood we observed that the basic density was lower and the initial moisture content was higher. Mature wood showed a lower drying rate. Drying schedules were developed separately for juvenile and mature wood, the drying schedule for the latter considered milder than the drying schedule developed for juvenile wood.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad del Bío-BíoMaderas. Ciencia y tecnología v.18 n.4 20162016-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-221X2016000400003en10.4067/S0718-221X2016005000047
institution Scielo Chile
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language English
topic Drying potential
drying rate
drying time
end checks
moisture content
spellingShingle Drying potential
drying rate
drying time
end checks
moisture content
Dias Soares,Bruno Charles
Tarcísio Lima,José
Moreira da Silva,José Reinaldo
Analysing the drying behavior of juvenile and mature Eucalyptus saligna wood in drastic drying test for optimal drying schedule
description The heterogeneity of characteristics observed in the pith-bark direction within a log causes sawn pieces of wood have different behaviors during water removal. Understanding these differences is important for the industry regarding the possibility of classification of the lumber into juvenile wood and mature wood, facilitating the drying in separate loads. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the behavior of juvenile and mature wood samples of Eucalyptus saligna when subjected to drastic drying. In order to do this, test specimens were submitted to drastic drying at 100°C to obtain the drying times, drying rates and dimensions of end checks. These data were applied in equations to obtain the parameters initial temperature, final temperature and drying potential, used in the elaboration of drying schedules. In juvenile wood we observed that the basic density was lower and the initial moisture content was higher. Mature wood showed a lower drying rate. Drying schedules were developed separately for juvenile and mature wood, the drying schedule for the latter considered milder than the drying schedule developed for juvenile wood.
author Dias Soares,Bruno Charles
Tarcísio Lima,José
Moreira da Silva,José Reinaldo
author_facet Dias Soares,Bruno Charles
Tarcísio Lima,José
Moreira da Silva,José Reinaldo
author_sort Dias Soares,Bruno Charles
title Analysing the drying behavior of juvenile and mature Eucalyptus saligna wood in drastic drying test for optimal drying schedule
title_short Analysing the drying behavior of juvenile and mature Eucalyptus saligna wood in drastic drying test for optimal drying schedule
title_full Analysing the drying behavior of juvenile and mature Eucalyptus saligna wood in drastic drying test for optimal drying schedule
title_fullStr Analysing the drying behavior of juvenile and mature Eucalyptus saligna wood in drastic drying test for optimal drying schedule
title_full_unstemmed Analysing the drying behavior of juvenile and mature Eucalyptus saligna wood in drastic drying test for optimal drying schedule
title_sort analysing the drying behavior of juvenile and mature eucalyptus saligna wood in drastic drying test for optimal drying schedule
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