Energy saving in industrial wood drying addressed by a multiscale computational model: Board, stack, and kiln

Drying Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-84

  Perre P ^a   Remond R ^a   Aleon D ^b  

^a Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Technologies et Industries du Bois   (France)

^b CTBA   (France)

Author keywords

Drying quality; Energy consumption; Multiscale modeling; Wood drying

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HEAT LOSSES; KILNS; LUMBER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL INSULATION;

MULTISCALE MODELING; WOOD DRYING;

DRYING;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DRYING; HEAT LOSSES; KILNS; LUMBER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL INSULATION;

DRYING; HEAT LOSS; KILNS; LUMBER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STACKS; THERMAL INSULATION;

EID: 33847650024     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373930601160841     Document Type: Article

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