Effect of pretreatment with high temperature and low humidity on drying time and prevention of checking during radio-frequency/vacuum drying of Japanese cedar pillar

Journal of Wood Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-24

  Lee, Nam Ho ^a   Li, Chengyuan ^b   Zhao, Xue Feng ^a   Park, Moon Jae ^c  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b BEIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Korea Forest Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Compressive loading; High temperature with low humidity; Radio frequency vacuum drying; Surface and internal check

Indexed keywords

RADIO WAVES;

COMPRESSIVE LOADING; DRYING TIME; HIGH-LOW; HIGH-TEMPERATURE WITH LOW HUMIDITY; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; LOW HUMIDITY; PRE-TREATMENTS; RADIO FREQUENCY VACUUM DRYING; SURFACE AND INTERNAL CHECK; TEMPERATURE/ HUMIDITIES;

DRYING;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA;

EID: 76649130194     PISSN: 14350211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10086-009-1050-4     Document Type: Article

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