• 한국가구학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.116-123
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• 2008

Kiln schedule development was based on two schedule phases, the first being to determine the maximum safe kiln temperature during the check prone initial stage of drying, with the second stage determining how to accelerate drying once the danger of checking had passed. This was achieved by using 38 mm thick boards which were pre-screened for susceptibility to internal checking, and then drying matched sample boards over a range of kiln temperatures. Research has shown that below 50% MC there is no further risk of internal checking. However, difference in drying rate due to board width and the increased occurrence of wet patches in wide boards means that it is essential to modify the basic schedule according to the maximum board width. A condition of 52/40 $^{\circ}C$ was selected for the checking-free initial kiln drying step and a 5-step kiln-schedule dried the boards from 109% to 8% MC for 72.5 hours without internal checking.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.3-18
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• 1974

The exports of plywood are increasing annually and it has ranked first in the world market because of the high quality product and manufactured using mordern techniques. However, it is known that the exports of the other wood products, except plywood, is inactive because of their low quality. Accordingly, to increase the exports of various wood products investigations were carried out on kiln drying techniques to improve the quality of the wood. Wet wood should be kiln dried before use to prevent various drying defects such as distortion, shrinkage etc., which would develop after processing,:and also wet wood is not suitable for cutting, gluing and finishing. Therefore, the kiln drying properties of lumber from such species as oak, ramin and meranti which are used in large quantity for manufacturing exporting wood products have been studied. The results of the research are summarized as follows. (1) The end checks and the time for drying from initial moisture content of about 40 percent to 5 percent moisture content in ovendry were investigated as follows: (2) The kiln dried results, for 30mm stock, which are presented by using kiln schedule table 3 are as follows: (3) The kiln schedules for ramin, meranti and oak are given respectively as follows: Ramin kiln schedule: Table 17 and Table 18. Meranti schedule : Table 12. Oak schedule : Table 15.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.13-21
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• 1974

1. In the past, the smoke-pipe type dry kiln being characterized by the low cost of installation and easy operation was only used by the small scale of wood processing enterprisers for drying softwood and finishing air-dried stocks that were belonged to easy drying properties. The smoke-pipe type dry kiln usually was not suitable for drying hardwoods and green woods because of the difficulties of controlling drying conditions. 2. However, the smoke-pipe type dry kiln heated with smokeless coal which was designed and constructed by the authers was demonstrated to maintain higher accuracy of controlling temperature and humidity than the other smillar types of kiln. Also, since it was constructed with home made equipments, it is supposed to offer the opportunity to install the kiln by the small scale of wood processing enterprisers who could not install the dry kiln because of economical and technical difficulties. Thus, it is expected that promoting the spread of installing the dry kiln will realize the rational use of wood.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2003

Image processing technique was adapted for exploring the more convenient ways to investigate the drying characteristics of wood. The acquisition of information about drying characteristics is indispensable for the development or improvement of dry-kiln schedules. A small internal fan type wood dry kiln was combined with image-processing and data-acquisition systems to monitor continuously the formation of checks and moisture reduction during drying. All the images and data were analyzed to improve or estimate the dry-kiln schedules and predict the drying time which would be required to dry green wood to 10% moisture content in internal fan type kiln. Samples of 20 mm- and 50 mm-thick Metasequoia glyptostrobodies, Paulownia coreana Uyeki, Pinus densiflora Sieb. Et Zucc., Platanus occidentalis L., Quercus acutissima and Robinia pseudo-acacia were used to verify the potentiality of this technique.

• 한국가구학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.13-20
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• 2003

This research is to develop kiln-drying schedules for 2.7 mm thick boards of Neolitsea sericea and Dendropanax morbifera, which grow in the southern region of Korean Peninsula. These two species are lesser-known to woodcraft industry in this country. The proper USDA drying schedules for Neolitsea sericea and Dendropanax morbifera were found to be T10-C6 and T10-E6, respectively, by using the Quick Oven-drying Method. The boards dried in a kiln with the newly-developed schedules were revealed to be free from warping and checking.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.113-119
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• 1987

A study was conducted to determine the kiln drying schedule for hydrid aspen, This kiln drying schedule was found by oven drying method and developed by pilot testing of 2.0cm, 2.5cm, 3.0cm-thick green lumber. The results of this study were as follows: 1. Kiln drying schedule developed by oven-drying method was $T_{12}-E_5$ for 2.5cm-thick green lumber. 2. Drying times for 2.0cm-thick green lumber(127.0 percent moisture content) to 7.3 percent moisture content, for 2.5cm-thick green lumber(95.0 percent moisture content) to 9.7 percent moisture content, and for 3.0cm-thick green lumber(118.5 percent moisture content) to 10.0 percent moisture content were 45 hours, 45 hours, and 54 hours, respectively. 3. Drying rate from 90 to 10 percent moisture content of 2.5cm-thick lumber was about 0.7 times faster than that of 2.0cm-thick lumber and about 1.1 times faster than that of 3.0em-thick lumber. 4. End checks for 2.0cm-, 2.5cm-, and 3.0cm-thick green lumber occurred 95, 74 and 100 percent moisture content, respectively and reached maximum amount in 53, 41, and 60 percent moisture content, respectively. 5. No surface check and no honeycomb occurred. 6. Cupping and collapse slightly occurred and the quality of dry lumber was first.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.22-28
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• 1997

This research was carried out to obtain the fundamental data for the development of the technology and practical use of far-infrared radiation(IR) drying of quarter-sliced decorative veneers of walnut and red oak. The average drying rates of IR drying were about one and half to four times those of kiln drying and this tendency was prominent in thin veneer. The end wavinesses of the IR-dried veneers were smaller than those of kiln-dried veneers. These were largely recovered by the cold treatments after drying. The consumed electric power for IR drying was about one-fifth to two-fifthes compared to that for kiln drying.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.69-78
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• 1988

리기다소나무(Pinus rigida Mill)의 건조(乾燥)스케쥴 개량(改良)을 위해 두께 2.5cm 판재(板材)와 5.0cm 평소각재(平小角材)를 공시하여 각각 관행건조(慣行乾燥)스케쥴을 적용하여 최종함수율(最終含水率) 10% 정도까지 건조(乾燥)하고 함수율(含水率)과 건조저항(乾燥抵抗)의 관계를 측정한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 함수율(含水率)과 건조저항(乾燥抵抗)의 관계는 함수율(含水率)이 감소할수록 건조저항(乾燥抵抗)은 곡선적(曲線的)으로 증가하였으며, 건조중(乾燥中) 함수율(含水率)이 동일한 경우 건조저항(乾燥抵抗)은 평소각재(平小角材) 판재(板材)보다 컸다. 목재두께별 적용한 관행건조(慣行乾燥)스케쥴에 따른 함수율(含水率)과 건조저항(乾燥抵抗)의 관계는 다음과 같다. 1) 두께 2.5cm 판재(板材)의 관행건조(慣行乾燥)스케쥴에 따른 건조저항(乾燥抵抗) $R_{2.5}=6.795\times10^3M^{-1.27^{**}}$ 2) 두께 5.0cm 평소각재(平小角材)스케쥴에 따른 건조저항(乾燥抵抗) $R_{5.0}=5.206\times10^4M^{-1.55^{**}}$ 2. 건조시간(乾燥時間)에 따른 함수율(含水率)과 건조저항(乾燥抵抗)의 관계는 건조시간(乾燥時間)이 증가할수록 함수율(含水率)은 감소함과 동시에 건조저항(乾燥抵抗)은 증가하였으며, 평소각재(平小角材)가 판재(板材)보다 곡선변화(曲線變化)가 완만하였다. 3. 함수율(含水率) 10%까지의 관행건조(慣行乾燥)스케쥴에 따른 추정건조시간(推定乾燥時間)은 비교적 작은 오차(誤差)를 나타내며 관행건조시간(慣行乾燥時間)보다 작았다. 4. 목재두께별로 적용한 관행건조(慣行乾燥)을 유발하지 않으면서 최소의 시간에 원하는 최종함수율(最終含水率)에 도달하도록 개량(改良)할 필요가 있다. 5. 관행건조(慣行乾燥)스케쥴에 따른 kiln factor는 두께 2.5cm 판재(板材)의 경우 1.112이었으며, 두께 5.0cm 평소각재(平小角材)의 경우 1.136이었다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.493-508
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• 2023

Round timber materials of 600 mm length, cut from large-cross-section round timber of red pine (Pinus densiflora S. et Z.) of 450 mm width and 4.2 m length, were prepared as the target of kiln drying in this study. After treating the target materials through end sealing (ES), end sealing - kerfing (ES-K), lateral sealing - end sealing - boring (LS-ES-B), or lateral sealing - partial end sealing (LS-PES), the effects of the treatment on the incidence of drying defects were determined. The target materials with exposed lateral surface and sealed cross surface were steamed at the initial temperature of 65℃ above the official pest control temperature of 56℃, followed by kiln drying toward the final temperature of 75℃. The target materials with sealed lateral surfaces, on the other hand, were dried at the initial temperature of 90℃ at almost the maximum temperature of conventional kiln drying, as there is no risk of early check formation caused by surface moisture evaporation. The final temperature was set at approximately 100℃. The drying time, taken for the target materials with initial moisture content of 70%-80% to reach the target moisture content of 19%, varied across treatment conditions. The measured drying time was 1,146 hours (approximately 48 days) for the timber with sealed cross surface and 745 hours (approximately 31 days) for the timber with sealed lateral surface, until the moisture content reached the target level. The formation of surface checks could not be prevented in the control and ES groups, but a definite preventive effect was obtained for the LS-ES-B and LS-PES groups.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.12-19
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• 1994

An electrically heated experimental lumber dry kiln was retrofitted with a computer-based control system to control kiln conditions more precisely and monitor and record several kiln variables. Flat-sawn 2.5cm-thick Pinus densiflora boards were dried in constant temperature process(65$^{\circ}C$ & 50~60 %RH) and continuously rising temperature process, respectively. The average drying rate in continuously rising temperature process was 5.7 %/hr, which was above 3 times faster than that in constant temperature process. But, the average rate of case-hardening and moisture difference between shells and cores of boards dried in continuously rising temperature process were 82 % and 5.5 %, respectively, which were much larger than those of boards dried in constant temperature process.