Drying Kinetics of Poplar (Populus Deltoides) Wood Particles by a Convective Thin Layer Dryer

Gate to gate life cycle assessment of flat pressed particleboard production in Islamic Republic of Iran

“…Reduction of energy consumption in wood particles drying process, as one of the most energy intensive operations in the manufacturing process, is very important (Zarea-Hosseinabadi et al, 2012). Emissions from dryers, exhausted from the primary recovery cyclone, are included: wood dust and other solid PM, VOCs, condensible PM, and products of combustion such as CO, CO 2 , and nitrogen oxides NOx, if direct-fired units are used (EPA, 2002).…”

A Study on the Correlation between Wood Moisture and the Damping Behaviour of the Tonewood Spruce

“…The considerably different model parameters emphasise the different drying behaviour of both woods. Diffusion is the basic mechanism of moisture movement inside the drying material [45]. The calculation of effective water moisture diffusivity is given as (e.g.…”

Modelling of Drying Curves of Spruce, Beech, Willow and Alder Particles

“…Consumption of high amount of energy, apart from environmental impacts, makes drying one of the most energy intensive operations with a great importance in particleboard, pellet and briquette manufacturing. Hence, reducing energy consumption, besides product quality, would be highly important for drying the raw materials used in industry (Zarea Hosseinabadi et al, 2012). Improvements in the wood drying process are accompanied by better understanding of the drying process (Kohantorabi et al, 2015).…”

“…Experimental data from the drying curves can be used in simulation of wood particle drying to optimize the particleboard and biofuel production processes (Zarea Hosseinabadi et al, 2012). …”

“…Mathematical modelling provides a tool to enable drying rate and effi ciency to be predicted under a range of conditions. Scientists developed various mathematical models on the basis of which it would be possible to predict wood moisture content under changing conditions and moisture movement in wood (Turner, 1996;Gigler et al, 2000;Truscott and Turner, 2005;Deliiski and Syuleymanov, 2006;Zarea Hosseinabadi et al, 2012). To account for the effect of drying variables on the drying model constants and coeffi cients, the predicted values were also correlated as a function of drying air temperature and air fl ow velocity (Zarea Hosseinabadi et al, 2012) or initial material load, particle shape and size (Kaleta and Górnicki, 2010).…”