Modeling microwave heating and moisture redistribution in wood

Drying Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 552-559

  Hansson, Lars ^a   Antti, Lena ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CT scanning; FEM; Heat and mass transfer; Phase transition; Scots pine

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MICROWAVE HEATING; MOISTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; WOOD;

FIBER-OPTIC TEMPERATURE SENSOR; MICROWAVE DRYER; MOISTURE REDISTRIBUTION;

DRYING;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DRYING; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MICROWAVE HEATING; MOISTURE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; WOOD;

DENSITY; DRYING; FIBER OPTICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MOISTURE; PHASE TRANSITION; PYROMETRY; WOOD;

EID: 41949101029     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373930801944713     Document Type: Article

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