Airflow behaviour in timber (lumber) kilns

Drying Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 1511-1522

  Nijdam, J J ^a   Keey, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Airflow maldistribution; Flow visualisation; Timber kiln

Indexed keywords

AIR; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; KILNS; LUMBER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AIRFLOW MALDISTRIBUTION; TIMBER;

DRYING;

AIRFLOW; DRYING; FLOW VISUALIZATION; WOOD;

EID: 0033492094     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373939908917632     Document Type: Conference Paper

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