Two-stage moisture diffusion in wood with constant transport coefficients

Drying Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 258-267

  Liu, Jen Y ^a   Simpson, William T ^a  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desorption; Diffusion coefficient; Diffusion equation; Surface emission coefficient; Wood

Indexed keywords

DESORPTION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; WOOD;

SURFACE EMISSION COEFFICIENT;

DRYING;

DIFFUSION; DRYING; SORPTION; WOOD;

EID: 0033004745     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373939908917528     Document Type: Article

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