TY - BOOK ID - 14446858 TI - Kiln-Drying of Lumber AU - Keey, R.B. AU - Langrish, T.A.G. AU - Walker, J.C.F. PY - 2000 SN - 3540661379 3642640710 3642596533 PB - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - forestry KW - timbers KW - wood-drying KW - Agriculture. KW - Forestry. KW - Plant science. KW - Botany. KW - Materials science. KW - Plant Sciences. KW - Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. KW - Material science KW - Physical sciences KW - Botanical science KW - Phytobiology KW - Phytography KW - Phytology KW - Plant biology KW - Plant science KW - Biology KW - Natural history KW - Plants KW - Forest land KW - Forest lands KW - Forest planting KW - Forest production KW - Forest sciences KW - Forestation KW - Forested lands KW - Forestland KW - Forestlands KW - Forestry KW - Forestry industry KW - Forestry sciences KW - Land, Forest KW - Lands, Forest KW - Silviculture KW - Sylviculture KW - Woodlands KW - Woods (Forests) KW - Agriculture KW - Natural resources KW - Afforestation KW - Arboriculture KW - Logging KW - Timber KW - Tree crops KW - Trees KW - Farming KW - Husbandry KW - Industrial arts KW - Life sciences KW - Food supply KW - Land use, Rural KW - Floristic botany UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14446858 AB - At present, no single book adequately covers a basic understanding of wood book satisfies the need for such a work. It describes drying in practice. This the fundamental basis of kiln-drying technology, to enable forest companies to imFrove their drying operations as high-quality timbers become scarcer and of yesteryear can no longer be tolerated. Adaptive the wasteful practices is no longer good enough. Innovations change based on past experience of the material being dried and the processes require a sound understanding of drying. Newer techniques, such as the use of ultrahigh temperature sea­ soning and superheated steam under vacuum, require an even greater depth of physical understanding for these methods to be used effectively and economically. book provides a description of modern ideas about wood structure, This moisture movement and stress development, from which models of the drying process are developed to give the kiln operator important information about the course of drying under specified conditions, and thus a means is compared with practice wherever for rational process improvement. Theory possible. ER -