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Vacuum Drying Characteristics Using Different Heating Methods for Douglas-fir Timber  

Jung, Hee-Suk (College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
Eom, Chang-Deuk (College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
So, Bum-Joon (College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
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Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology / v.32, no.4, 2004 , pp. 18-26 More about this Journal
Abstract
Timbers of 14 by 14 cm, 2.4 m long, were dried in a vacuum kiln to investigate vacuum drying characteristics using three types of heating methods, conduction heating with hot plate, the radio frequency (RF) heating and the combination of both (hybrid heating). Average drying rate is the highest for the hybrid heating and the lowest for the RF heating. Average specific energy is the highest for the RF heating and the lowest for conduction heating. Transverse moisture content distribution of dried timber revealed the convex profile for both conduction and the hybrid heating and moisture content increased from one face to the opposite face for the RF heating. Moisture content distribution along the length of timber increased from the end to the middle of timber length for conduction and the hybrid heating and decreased from the end to the middle of timber length for the RF heating. End- and surface checks for conduction heating were severer than the other heating methods. No internal check occurred in any heating methods. Drying characteristics of conduction heating showed in-between trend of the RF and the hybrid heating.
Keywords
conduction heating; drying rate; hybrid heating; internal check; moisture content distribution; RF heating; specific energy; surface check;
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