New timber kiln designs for promoting uniform airflows within the wood stack

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 739-744

  Nijdam, J J ^a   Keey, R B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Airflow maldistribution; Dryer; Lumber; Pitot tube; Streamline

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CEILINGS; FANS; TIMBER;

OUTWARD-SWINGING BAFFLES;

KILNS;

AIRFLOW; DESIGN; DRYER; LIQUID-SOLID SEPARATION; TIMBER INDUSTRY;

BAFFLES; BARRELS; BOUNDARIES; CEILINGS; FANS; FORESTS; KILNS;

EID: 0036815219     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387602320776812     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Impact of variations in wood density on kiln-drying softwood boards
2. Influence of local variations of air velocity and flow direction reversals on the drying of stacked timber boards in kilns
3. Airflow behaviour in timber (lumber) kilns
4. The influence of kiln geometry on flow maldistribution across timber stacks in kilns
5. An experimental study of airflow in lumber kilns
6. Airflow distributions in the fillet spaces of a timber stack