Microwave drying of wood strands

Drying Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2421-2436

  Du, Guanben ^a,b   Wang, Siqun ^a   Cai, Zhiyong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Extractives; Microwave drying; Moisture content; Temperature; Wood strand

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVE HEATING; MICROWAVE OVENS; MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

DRYING EFFICIENCY; MICROWAVE DRYING; WOOD STRAND;

DRYING;

MICROWAVE DRYING;

DRYING; EXTRACTIVES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MICROWAVE OVENS; MOISTURE CONTENT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 30544439319     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373930500340494     Document Type: Article

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