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Applicability of Continuous Process Using Saturated and Superheated Steam for Boxed Heart Square Timber Drying

대단면 수심정각재 건조를 위한 포화-과열증기 연속 건조 공정의 이용가능성 평가

  • PARK, Yonggun (Department of Forest Sciences, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Seoul National University) ;
  • CHUNG, Hyunwoo (Department of Forest Sciences, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Seoul National University) ;
  • KIM, Hyunbin (Department of Forest Sciences, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Seoul National University) ;
  • YEO, Hwanmyeong (Department of Forest Sciences, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
  • Received : 2019.12.25
  • Accepted : 2020.01.15
  • Published : 2020.03.25
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Abstract

This study aims to evaluate applicability for the continuous drying process using saturated and superheated steam for large-square timber. During drying of the boxed heart square timber, changes in moisture content were examined through the slices of the surface, inner and core layers. The results showed that there was a large moisture content difference between the surface and inner layers during saturated steam drying and between the inner and core layers during superheated steam drying. However, despite the moisture content difference between the layers, no surface check occurred, and an internal check occurred only near the pith or juvenile parts of the wood. The maximum value of the drying stress of the dried larch boxed heart square timber, calculated from the elastic strain of the slice and the tangential elastic modulus of the larch, was 1.30 MPa. The tangential tensile strength of the larch was estimated at 5.21 MPa under temperature and moisture content conditions when drying stress was at a maximum. That is, in the continuous drying process, the saturated and superheated steam did not generate a check in the surface because the drying stress of the wood did not exceed the tangential tensile strength. In further studies, the superheated steam drying conditions will need to be relaxed to suppress the occurrence of internal checks. Such studies would make the continuous drying process using saturated and superheated steam available for the drying of large-square timber.

본 연구에서는 대단면 목재의 건조를 위해 포화증기와 과열증기를 연속 적용하는 공정의 이용 가능성을 평가해보고자 하였다. 낙엽송 수심 정각재를 건조하는 동안 표면층, 내부층 및 중심층의 슬라이스 시험편을 통해 함수율 변화를 확인한 결과 포화증기 건조 중에는 표면층과 내부층 사이에서, 과열증기 건조 중에는 내부층과 중심층 사이에서 함수율 경사가 크게 발생하였다. 하지만 각 슬라이스 층간의 함수율 경사에도 불구하고, 표면 할렬은 발생하지 않았으며, 내부 할렬은 수나 미성숙재 부근에서만 발생하였다. 슬라이스의 탄성 변형률과 낙엽송의 접선 방향 탄성계수를 통해 건조 중인 낙엽송 정각재의 건조 응력의 최댓값은 1.30 MPa이었고, 건조 응력이 최대인 시점 온도와 함수율 조건에서 낙엽송의 접선 방향 인장강도는 5.21 MPa로 추산된다. 즉, 포화증기 및 과열증기를 연속 건조 공정에서 목재의 건조 응력이 접선 방향 인장강도를 초과하지 않았기 때문에 표면에서 할렬이 발생하지 않았다. 내부 할렬 발생 억제를 위한 과열증기 건조 조건 완화와 같은 추가 연구를 통해 포화-과열증기 연속 건조 공정이 대단면 목재 건조에 이용 가능할 것이라 기대된다.

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