FAST AND ENERGY-SAVING TIMBER DRYING: HIGH TEMPERATURE DRYING (HTD)

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: MA2B910031

Project closed

Start date 1 February 1992

End date 31 July 1994

Funded under

• Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the fields of raw materials and recycling - Renewable raw materials: Forestry and wood products (including cork) -, 1990-1992

Total cost No data

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH - TNO
Netherlands

Objective

This project will evaluate the applicability of the high temperature drying (HTD) process for the most relevant species on the European market (Pinus ssp, Larix ssp, Populus ssp and Eucalyptus ssp), where it concerns fast growing species in particular. Consequently the optimization of the drying process will be investigated.

In this project, in two different laboratories in Europe, experimental investigations will be performed on laboratorium scale on several wood species in order to determine the required drying parameters for HTD without loss of quality. These parameters will be verified and optimized in a semi-practical HTD kiln, with respect to the upscaled wood dimensions and process conditions.

Numerical simulations, taking into account the requirements as obtained from the laboratory experiments, will be performed for evaluating the physical processes in the upscaling of the HTD-process and for optimization. The work shall conclude with drying runs on a practical scale. In this project there will be a close cooperation with manufacturers of drying equipment in Europe.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

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• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › forestry

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Programme(s)

• FP2-FOREST - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the fields of raw materials and recycling - Renewable raw materials: Forestry and wood products (including cork) -, 1990-1992

Topic(s)

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Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH - TNO

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 5,Schoemakerstraat, 97 ; 2600 AA DELFT ; Netherlands
• Total cost: No data

Participants (3)

CENTRE TECHNIQUE DU BOIS ET DE L'AMEUBLEMENT

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Avenue de Saint-Mandé 10 ; 75012 Paris
• Total cost: No data

Institutet för Träteknisk Forskning -Trätek

Sweden

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 67,Drottning Kristinas väg ; 114 86 Stockholm
• Total cost: No data

Instituto Nacional de Engenharia e Tecnologia Industrial

Portugal

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Estrada das Palmeiras ; 2745 Queluz de Baixo
• Total cost: No data