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DRYING TECHNOLOGY
Volume 26, Issue 9, Pages 1125-1128Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/07373930802266116
Keywords
birch; discoloration of wood; drying force; high-temperature drying; moisture content
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In low-temperature drying, a high drying rate has been found to be adequate for silver birch (Betula pendula) and European white birch (B. pubescens) timber as far as wood colour is concerned. During high-temperature drying, however, birch timber darkens significantly if steam is used as the drying medium. The objective of this research was to study the effects of drying force (wet-bulb depression), timber thickness, and initial moisture content on the color of high-temperature-dried birch wood. The reflectance spectrum of wood was measured and transformed to the CIEL*a*b* color scale. The increase in drying force increased the lightness and decreased the redness and the yellowness of wood. At the same time, the difference in color between the surface layer and the interior of boards increased. Increase in thickness and in initial moisture content increased the difference in color between the surface and the interior of boards. Pretreatment of timber with water soaking decreased the difference in color between the surface layer and the interior of boards when low drying force was used, but this difference was increased when high drying force was used.
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