This paper presents the results of experimental studies of accelerated drying of pine lumber products (poles, supports, structural elements, etc.) of diameter up to 0.2 m. The heat treatment time in the oscillating regime of depressurization is from 8 to 35 h depending on the parameters of the lumber and on its initial and final moisture. A good quality of drying has been achieved.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 84, No. 2, pp. 223–229, March–April, 2011.
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Kozhin, V.P., Gorbachev, N.M. Application of the depressurization method in high-temperature oscillating drying of large-size lumber products. J Eng Phys Thermophy 84, 233–240 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-011-0465-0
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