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Drying Technology
An International Journal
Volume 22, 2004 - Issue 4
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Optimization of Solar Kiln for Drying Wood

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Pages 677-701 | Published online: 06 Feb 2007

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Khamtan Phonetip, Graham Ian Brodie, Barbara Ozarska & Benoit Belleville. (2019) Drying timber in a solar kiln using an intermittent drying schedule of conventional laboratory kiln. Drying Technology 37:10, pages 1300-1312.
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Xiang Chi, Sai Tang, Xiaoxue Song, Sohrab Rahimi, Zechun Ren, Guangping Han, Sheldon Q. Shi, Wanli Cheng & Stavros Avramidis. (2023) Energy and quality analysis of forced convection air-energy assisted solar timber drying. Energy 283, pages 128718.
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Baibhaw Kumar, Arun K. Raj, Gábor Szepesi & Zoltán Szamosi. (2023) A conspectus review on solar drying of wood: regional and technical contrivances. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 148:17, pages 9237-9261.
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Lyes Bennamoun & Macmanus Chinenye Ndukwu. (2021) Modeling and simulation of drying kinetics/curves: application to building materials. Journal of Building Pathology and Rehabilitation 7:1.
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Merlin Simo-Tagne & Martin Ndi-Azese. (2021) Thermal, economic, and environmental analysis of a novel solar dryer for firewood in various temperate and tropical climates. Solar Energy 226, pages 348-364.
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Naoual Bekkioui. (2021) Performance comparison and economic analysis of three solar dryer designs for wood using a numerical simulation. Renewable Energy 164, pages 815-823.
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Naoual Bekkioui, Sarra El hakiki, Abdeljalil Rachadi & Hamid Ez-Zahraouy. (2020) One-year simulation of a solar wood dryer with glazed walls in a Moroccan climate. Renewable Energy 155, pages 770-782.
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Bilal Lamrani, Ahmed Khouya & Abdeslam Draoui. (2019) Energy and environmental analysis of an indirect hybrid solar dryer of wood using TRNSYS software. Solar Energy 183, pages 132-145.
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Khamtan Phonetip, Barbara Ozarska, Gerry Harris, Benoit Belleville & Graham Ian Brodie. (2018) Quality assessment of the drying process for Eucalyptus delegatensis timber using greenhouse solar drying technology. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products 77:1, pages 57-62.
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Shaymaa Husham Abdulmalek, Morteza Khalaji Assadi, Hussain H. Al-Kayiem & Ali Ahmed Gitan. (2018) A comparative analysis on the uniformity enhancement methods of solar thermal drying. Energy 148, pages 1103-1115.
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Mahmudul Hasan & Timothy Alan Granville Langrish. (2016) Time-valued net energy analysis of solar kilns for wood drying: A solar thermal application. Energy 96, pages 415-426.
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Xue Fei Gan, Zheng Bin He & Song Lin Yi. (2011) Contrast Studies on the Solar Drying Schemes of Eucalypt Timber. Advanced Materials Research 189-193, pages 3042-3045.
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