Drying of sapwood analyzed as an invasion percolation process

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Main Author: Jarl-Gunnar Salin
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contents Drying of sapwood analyzed as an invasion percolation process Jarl-Gunnar Salin Agrociencias dry shell simulation wood drying percolation drying rate The sapwood fibers in green softwood are normally filled – or nearly filled – with free water. Thiswater forms a continuous phase through the narrow bordered pits between fiber lumens. In a dryingprocess water evaporates from the menisci formed at these narrow throats and initially located close tothe surface of the wood. As the amount of free water decreases in this way, a retraction of the meniscuswill happen in the widest throat, which can be located anywhere, not necessarily close to the surface.As the individual size of these narrow throats is a stochastic variable, this process will producecomplicated water phase structures that gradually fragmentize. If this drying behavior is viewed assuch an invasion percolation process it is obvious that the result differs from normal diffusion, whichhowever most often is used as the basis for wood drying modeling.A computer based simulation model that utilizes the above principle has been developed. This modelhas been used for the simulation of a few situations of practical and theoretical importance. It has beenfound that this invasion percolation approach can reproduce some previously unexplained featuresseen in softwood drying processes. Some detailed examples are presented in this paper. 2006 artículo científico 0717-3644 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=48580302 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=485 Maderas. Ciencia y Tecnología application/pdf Universidad del Bío Bío Maderas. Ciencia y Tecnología (Chile) Num.3 Vol.8
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publishDate 2006
publisher Universidad del Bío Bío
spellingShingle Drying of sapwood analyzed as an invasion percolation process
Jarl-Gunnar Salin
Agrociencias
dry shell
simulation
wood drying
percolation
drying rate
Drying of sapwood analyzed as an invasion percolation process Jarl-Gunnar Salin Agrociencias dry shell simulation wood drying percolation drying rate The sapwood fibers in green softwood are normally filled – or nearly filled – with free water. Thiswater forms a continuous phase through the narrow bordered pits between fiber lumens. In a dryingprocess water evaporates from the menisci formed at these narrow throats and initially located close tothe surface of the wood. As the amount of free water decreases in this way, a retraction of the meniscuswill happen in the widest throat, which can be located anywhere, not necessarily close to the surface.As the individual size of these narrow throats is a stochastic variable, this process will producecomplicated water phase structures that gradually fragmentize. If this drying behavior is viewed assuch an invasion percolation process it is obvious that the result differs from normal diffusion, whichhowever most often is used as the basis for wood drying modeling.A computer based simulation model that utilizes the above principle has been developed. This modelhas been used for the simulation of a few situations of practical and theoretical importance. It has beenfound that this invasion percolation approach can reproduce some previously unexplained featuresseen in softwood drying processes. Some detailed examples are presented in this paper. 2006 artículo científico 0717-3644 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=48580302 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=485 Maderas. Ciencia y Tecnología application/pdf Universidad del Bío Bío Maderas. Ciencia y Tecnología (Chile) Num.3 Vol.8
title Drying of sapwood analyzed as an invasion percolation process
topic Agrociencias
dry shell
simulation
wood drying
percolation
drying rate
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=48580302