The Sorption Behavior of Wood Studied by Means of an Improved Cup Method

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 321-335

  Eitelberger, Johannes ^a   Svensson, Staffan ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Coupled diffusion model; Improved cup method; Sorption; Transient diffusion; Wood

Indexed keywords

BOUND WATERS; CELL WALLS; CLIMATE CHAMBERS; COUPLED DIFFUSION MODEL; DATA LOGGER; DIFFERENT PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FIBER SATURATION POINTS; IMPROVED CUP METHOD; MASS CHANGE; MODELING APPROACH; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; NORWAY SPRUCE; SORPTION PROCESS; TEST CHAMBERS; TEST SETUPS; TRANSIENT DIFFUSION; TRANSPORT MODELS; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

SEPARATION; SORPTION;

WOOD;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; MOISTURE TRANSFER; POROSITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATURATION; WATER VAPOR; WOOD;

DIFFUSION; HUMIDITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEPARATION; SORPTION; WOOD;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 84857785722     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-011-9905-8     Document Type: Article

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