Effect of pole size on preservative penetration and retention in air-dried ugandan grown eucalypt utility poles

Abstract: Treated wooden utility poles, from trees such as eucalypts, are the most commonly used for telephone and electricity transmission lines in Uganda. In the last decade, however, frequent failure of wooden poles in service has been reported, likely due to the preservative chemical, wood used...

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Autores principales:	Mugabi,Paul, Thembo,James
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Universidad del Bío-Bío 2018
Materias:	Creosote Eucalyptus grandis transmission poles treated wood wood preservation
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-221X20180001000852018-09-25Effect of pole size on preservative penetration and retention in air-dried ugandan grown eucalypt utility polesMugabi,PaulThembo,James Creosote Eucalyptus grandis transmission poles treated wood wood preservation Abstract: Treated wooden utility poles, from trees such as eucalypts, are the most commonly used for telephone and electricity transmission lines in Uganda. In the last decade, however, frequent failure of wooden poles in service has been reported, likely due to the preservative chemical, wood used or the treatment process. The objective of this study was to assess the creosote preservative penetration and retention in eucalypt wood. A total of 126 Eucalyptus grandis poles i.e. 42 poles for each size category, with an average moisture content of below fibre saturation point (28%) were treated in different charges depending on their size. In length, poles used were 9, 11 and 14m. Every charge consisted of poles within the same size category. The Full Cell pressure method was used to treat the different charges with creosote preservative. For all the charges the same treatment schedule was maintained. Creosote penetration was highest in 14m poles (20,5mm) and lowest in 9m poles (18,4mm), Creosote retention was also highest in 14m poles (193kgm-3), but lowest in 11m poles (162kgm-3). Irrespective of differences in level of penetration and retention among the various pole sizes, all the poles acquired more than the required standard minimum level of penetration and retention i.e. 15mm and 115kgm-3 respectively. However, for all the pole sizes, creosote penetration was less than the sapwood depth. The current treatment schedule seems better suited for the larger poles of 14m than the 9 and 11m. For better treatment, it is recommended that smaller poles i.e. 9m and 11m should be treated for a longer period than 14m poles since they tend to have lager sapwood. The minimum basis of 15mm penetration should be increased to at least cover the entire pole sapwood depth.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad del Bío-BíoMaderas. Ciencia y tecnología v.20 n.1 20182018-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-221X2018000100085en10.4067/S0718-221X2018005001701
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topic	Creosote Eucalyptus grandis transmission poles treated wood wood preservation
spellingShingle	Creosote Eucalyptus grandis transmission poles treated wood wood preservation Mugabi,Paul Thembo,James Effect of pole size on preservative penetration and retention in air-dried ugandan grown eucalypt utility poles
description	Abstract: Treated wooden utility poles, from trees such as eucalypts, are the most commonly used for telephone and electricity transmission lines in Uganda. In the last decade, however, frequent failure of wooden poles in service has been reported, likely due to the preservative chemical, wood used or the treatment process. The objective of this study was to assess the creosote preservative penetration and retention in eucalypt wood. A total of 126 Eucalyptus grandis poles i.e. 42 poles for each size category, with an average moisture content of below fibre saturation point (28%) were treated in different charges depending on their size. In length, poles used were 9, 11 and 14m. Every charge consisted of poles within the same size category. The Full Cell pressure method was used to treat the different charges with creosote preservative. For all the charges the same treatment schedule was maintained. Creosote penetration was highest in 14m poles (20,5mm) and lowest in 9m poles (18,4mm), Creosote retention was also highest in 14m poles (193kgm-3), but lowest in 11m poles (162kgm-3). Irrespective of differences in level of penetration and retention among the various pole sizes, all the poles acquired more than the required standard minimum level of penetration and retention i.e. 15mm and 115kgm-3 respectively. However, for all the pole sizes, creosote penetration was less than the sapwood depth. The current treatment schedule seems better suited for the larger poles of 14m than the 9 and 11m. For better treatment, it is recommended that smaller poles i.e. 9m and 11m should be treated for a longer period than 14m poles since they tend to have lager sapwood. The minimum basis of 15mm penetration should be increased to at least cover the entire pole sapwood depth.
author	Mugabi,Paul Thembo,James
author_facet	Mugabi,Paul Thembo,James
author_sort	Mugabi,Paul
title	Effect of pole size on preservative penetration and retention in air-dried ugandan grown eucalypt utility poles
title_short	Effect of pole size on preservative penetration and retention in air-dried ugandan grown eucalypt utility poles
title_full	Effect of pole size on preservative penetration and retention in air-dried ugandan grown eucalypt utility poles
title_fullStr	Effect of pole size on preservative penetration and retention in air-dried ugandan grown eucalypt utility poles
title_full_unstemmed	Effect of pole size on preservative penetration and retention in air-dried ugandan grown eucalypt utility poles
title_sort	effect of pole size on preservative penetration and retention in air-dried ugandan grown eucalypt utility poles
publisher	Universidad del Bío-Bío
publishDate	2018
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-221X2018000100085
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Effect of pole size on preservative penetration and retention in air-dried ugandan grown eucalypt utility poles

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