Various modification methods have been developed to extend the service life of wood which include surface treatments, chemical modifications, heat treatments, and impregnation techniques. Chemical wood modification offers promising improvements …
One solution for reducing buildings’ energy consumption and carbon emissions is using highly insulated structures. In doing so, we also need to ensure a healthy indoor environment by preventing humidity …
Hardwood makes a great material. People like its colour, weight and its air of luxury, so I was shocked to learn that in the UK we burn 84% of the …
Pellets made from wood sawdust are popular heating fuel in the Nordic countries. In pellet press, sawdust is compressed into a solid pellet, and it has experimentally been shown that …
The aim of this study is to understand better the oxidation mechanism of the oxidation of fatty acids applied on wood surfaces. The drying process of air-drying fatty acid based …
The following hardwood species were used for heat treatment: birch (Betula pendula) and grey alder (Alnus incana). Modification was carried out in a multi-functional pilot device WTT in elevated water …
In the reaction of wood with acetic anhydride, when no catalysis or decrystalizing solvent are used, there is always hydroxyl functionality remaining after the reaction has gone to “completion” as …
During the last decades several processes of wood thermal modification have been developed and obtained material properties investigated. By comparison only a few researches are devoted to environmental impact of …
The total timber stock of Germany´s forests is fast growing. From 1987 to 2002 the hardwood stock increased more than three times as much as the softwood stock. The lack …
The application of furfurylated wood as construction detail in marine environments is the aim of a Norwegian research project. The impregnation and polymerization of furfuryl alcohol (FA) in wood offers …
The primary raw material for the production of wood fibre insulation panels is softwood. In comparison to hardwood, long fibres can be obtained through established defibration processes, which represents a …
Timber in Europe is normally graded under the EN 14081 framework [1]–[5]. Developing new grading assignments under these standards might not be feasible for unusual timber resources due to their …
One of the highest growth rates in demand among wood-based materials is projected for plywood until the year 2050 (Held et al., 2022). The projected increase is 102 % compared …
The UK’s commercial forestry is based largely on one species, Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), which provides wood fibre for a wide range of uses, including construction, pallets and packing, fencing, …
