Effect of steam thermal treatment on the drying process of Eucalyptus dunnii variables

dc.creatorSevero, Elias Taylor Durgante
dc.creatorTomaselli, Ivan
dc.creatorCalonego, Fred Willians
dc.creatorFerreira, André Luiz
dc.creatorMendes, Lourival Marin
dc.date2016-04-06
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-01T20:14:19Z
dc.date.available2017-08-01T20:14:19Z
dc.date.issued2017-08-01
dc.descriptionThe aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of steam treatment prior to drying on the initial moisture content, moisture gradient, and drying rate in Eucalyptus dunnii Maiden wood. Boards were steamed at 100ºC for 3 h after 1 h of heating-up. Part of these boards was dried in a drying electric oven at 50ºC, and part was dried at kiln. The results showed that the steaming prior to drying of wood: (1) significantly reduced by 9.2% the initial moisture content; (2) significantly increased by 6.2% the drying rate; (3) significantly decreased by 15.6 and 14.8% the moisture gradient between the outer layer and the center of boards and between the outer and intermediate layers of boards, respectively. Steamed boards when dried in an oven showed drying rate of 0.007065 whereas in kiln were 0.008200 and 0.034300 from green to 17 and 17 to 12% moisture content, respectively. It was demonstrated that the steaming prior to drying can be suitable for reduces the drying times of this kind of wood. 
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dc.identifierhttp://www.cerne.ufla.br/site/index.php/CERNE/article/view/946
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.ufla.br/handle/1/14334
dc.publisherCERNE
dc.relationhttp://www.cerne.ufla.br/site/index.php/CERNE/article/view/946/720
dc.sourceCERNE; Vol 19 No 4 (2013); 637-645
dc.sourceCERNE; Vol 19 No 4 (2013); 637-645
dc.source2317-6342
dc.source0104-7760
dc.subjectDrying rate
dc.subjectEucalipto
dc.subjectMoisture gradient
dc.subjectSteaming prior to drying
dc.titleEffect of steam thermal treatment on the drying process of Eucalyptus dunnii variables
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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