Heat and mass transfer in wood composite panels during hot-pressing: Part I. A physical-mathematical model

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 585-597

  Dai, Chunping ^a   Yu, Changming ^a  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heat and mass transfer; Hot pressing; Modeling; Wood composites

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; HEAT TRANSFER; HOT PRESSING; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL PANELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GAS PRESSURE; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; MASS CONSERVATION; MAT TEMPERATURE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PHYSICAL MODEL; RESIN CURING KINETICS; WOOD COMPOSITE PANELS;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

COMPOSITES; CURING; DENSITY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GAS FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HOT PRESSING; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE CONTENT; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION KINETICS; STRUCTURAL MEMBERS; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 7444234347     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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