Mathematical model of the energy consumption calculation during the pine sawn wood (Pinus sylvestris L.) drying process

Aleksandra Suchta; Jacek Barański; Kazimierz Orłowski; Dariusz Mikielewicz; Ladislav Dzurenda

doi:10.1007/s00226-021-01276-8

Mathematical model of the energy consumption calculation during the pine sawn wood (Pinus sylvestris L.) drying process

Abstract

The article presents the modification of the existing mathematical model to calculate energy consumption during conventional drying process. Apart from energy consumption the model permits to estimate the time of high-temperature drying process. The drying medium is air and superheated steam mixture. The obtained calculation results were compared with conducted experimental tests of drying square-edged sawn sapwood timber (Pinus sylvestris L.). The pine sawn wood samples were dried according to three different drying modes, namely mild, normal and intense. The experiments were performed in a semi-industrial scale drying chamber. On the basis of the experimental research available, existing mathematical models of drying wood have been improved. The developed model included the following changes: a different drying time for each mode and type of drying medium (moisturized air or air and superheated steam mixture). The use of an intensive drying mode significantly reduced the drying process time. The developed mathematical model revealed that the energy consumption of the drying process increases with the intensity of the mode used.

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Aleksandra Suchta (formerly: Aleksandra Konopka) dr inż.
Jacek Barański dr hab. inż.
Kazimierz Orłowski prof. dr hab. inż.
Dariusz Mikielewicz prof. dr hab. inż.
Ladislav Dzurenda

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Keywords

ENERGY CONSUMPTION, WOOD, DRYING PROCESS, MOISTURE CONTENT, MATHEMATICAL MODEL

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Category:: Articles
Type:: artykuły w czasopismach
Published in:: WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY no. 55, pages 741 - 755,
ISSN: 0043-7719
Language:: English
Publication year:: 2021
Bibliographic description:: Konopka A., Barański J., Orłowski K., Mikielewicz D., Dzurenda L.: Mathematical model of the energy consumption calculation during the pine sawn wood (Pinus sylvestris L.) drying process// WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY -Vol. 55,iss. 3 (2021), s.741-755
DOI:: Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1007/s00226-021-01276-8
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