A Dual-Scale Computational Model of Kiln Wood Drying Including Single Board and Stack Level Simulation

Autor: Romain Rémond, Patrick Perré
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire d’Etude et de Recherche sur le Matériau Bois (LERMAB), Université Henri Poincaré - Nancy 1 (UHP)-AgroParisTech-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Drying Technology
Drying Technology, Taylor & Francis, 2006, 24 (9), pp.1069-1074. ⟨10.1080/07373930600778106⟩
ISSN: 0737-3937
1532-2300
DOI: 10.1080/07373930600778106⟩
Popis: This article proposes a dual-scale computational model of wood drying in a batch lumber kiln. The stack may consist of a large number of boards (typically 100) arranged in layers. Each single board of the stack is simulated using one module of TransPore, a comprehensive computational model for heat and mass transfer in porous media. Timber variability is taken into account by a Monte-Carlo method. Such a dual-scale model allows the drying simulation of a 100-board stack to be completed in less than 30 s on a PC with a 2.8-GHz Xeon processor. Sample simulations are presented to depict the great potential and prospects of this new tool.
Databáze: OpenAIRE