Commercial-scale RF/V drying of softwood lumber. Part 1. Basic kiln design considerations

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 44-51

  Avramidis, Stavros ^a   Zwick, Robert L ^b   Neilson, J Bruce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Site 25 C 22 RR#2   (Canada)

^c POWERTECH LABS INC   (Canada)

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