PROGRAM OUTLINE
Time |
Sunday August 26 |
Monday August 27 |
Tuesday August 28 |
Wednesday August 29 |
Thursday August 30 |
Friday August 31 |
| 8:00-8:30 | Keynote Address |
Tour AEWC* |
Plenary Session 2 hours |
Plenary Session 2 hours |
Post Conference Tour |
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| 8:30-9:00 | Plenary session 1.5 hours |
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| 9:00-9:30 | ||||||
| 9:30-10:00 | ||||||
| 10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break |
Coffee Break |
Coffee Break |
Coffee Break |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Plenary session 1.5 hours |
Bar Harbor Excursion |
Plenary Session 1.5 hours |
Plenary Session 1.5 hours |
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| 11:00-11:30 | ||||||
| 11:30-12:00 | ||||||
| 12:00-12:30 | Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
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| 12:30-1:00 | ||||||
| 1:00-2:00 | Plenary Session 2 hours |
Plenary Session 2 hours |
Plenary Session 2 hours |
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| 2:00-2:30 | Registration |
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| 2:30-3:00 | ||||||
| 3:00-3:30 | Coffee Break |
Coffee Break |
Coffee Break |
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| 3:30-4:00 | Plenary Session 1.5 hours |
Plenary Session 1 hour |
Plenary Session 1 hour |
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| 4:00-4:30 | ||||||
| 4:30-5:00 | Poster Session I / Social Hour |
Poster Session II / Social Hour |
Adjourn |
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| 5:00-5:30 | Social Hour |
Pizza and Beer |
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| 5:30-6:00 | ||||||
| 6:00-6:30 | Dinner |
Banquet Bar Harbor |
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| 6:30-7:00 | Welcome & Dinner |
Dinner |
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| 7:00-8:00 | ||||||
| 8:00-8:30 |
*Advanced Engineered Wood Composite Center
Technical Sessions Program
| Monday, August 27 | |
| 8-8:45 | Application of Wood Drying Simulation Models in Industrial Lumber Manufacturing |
| Mark A. Stanish | |
| Session I | Physics of Drying. Moderator: M. Milota |
| 8:45-9:30 | Wood Material Behavior During Drying: Moisture Dependent Tensile Stiffness and Strength of Radiata Pine at 70-150 C |
| C. Lenth, R. Sargent | |
| 9:30-10:15 | The Dynamic of Shrinkage/Moisture Content Behavior Determined During the Drying of Micro-Samples |
| G. Almeida, C. Assor, P. Perre | |
| 10:15-10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30-11:15 | Determination of Fiber Saturation Point as Function of Temperature for Seven Different Wood Species |
| I. Marinescu, M. Campean | |
| 11:15-12:00 | Features of Convective Drying of Thick Sliced Veneer |
| N. Skuratov | |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| Session II | Physics of Drying II. Moderator: Mihaela Campean |
| 13:00-13:45 | Specific Gravity and Equilibrium of Moisture Content Changes in Heat Treated Fir (Abies nordmanniana subsp. bornmülleriana Mattf.) Wood |
| G. Gündüz, P. Niemz, D. Aydemir | |
| 13:45-14:30 | Full-Field Optical Measurement of Deformations in Early Stages of Drying Oregon White Oak and Western Hemlock Lumber |
| H. Kang, L. Muszyński, M. Milota | |
| 14:30-15:15 | Drying Stress Development Patterns in Restrained Wood |
| C. Lazarescu, S. Avramidis | |
| 15:15-15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30-16:15 | A Sensor for the Direct Measurement of Internal Stress in Wood During Drying: Experimental Tests Towards the Industrial Application. |
| O. Allegretti, S. Ferrari, L. Travan. | |
| 16:15-17:00 | Rheological Properties of Spruce Wood in High Temperature Environment |
| R. Lagaňa, M. Babiak | |
| 17:00-18:00 | Social Hour Sponsored by the Nyle Corporation |
| 18:00 | Dinner |
| Wednesday, August 29 | |
| Session III | Modeling Heat and Mass Transfer. Moderator: Mark Stanish |
| 8-8:45 | A Percolation Approach to the Free Water Drying Process |
| Jari-Gunnar Salin | |
| 8:45-9:30 | A Method for Studying Dynamic Sorption Behavior of Small Wood Samples |
| S. Riley, G. Emms, R. Sargent, L. Schottle | |
| 9:30-10:15 | Simulation of Drying Using a Kiln Model |
| A. Berverovié, M. R. Milota | |
| 10:15-10:30 | Coffee Break |
| Session IV | Applied Drying Session I. Moderator: Bob Little |
| 10:30-11:15 | Effects of Press Pressure and Temperature on the Moisture Content, Vertical Density Profile and Janka Hardness of Pine Wood Panels |
| O. Unsal, Z. Candan | |
| 11:15-12:00 | Research and Application of Heat-Treatment of Solid Wood Flooring |
| G. Lianbai, L. Tao, T. Dengyun, J. Ning | |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-13:45 | Drying of Beech Wood in Different Conditions and Clime |
| A. Bajraktari | |
| 13:45-14:30 | Study Concerning the Possibility of Removing Water from Wood Through Freezing-Defreezing Cycles |
| M. Campean | |
| 14:30-14:45 | Coffee Break |
| 14:45-15:30 | Development of Moisture Meter Correction Factors for Use with Preservative Treated Wood. |
| W B. Smith, H. Yeo, B. Morey, C. Stark, C. Tascioglu, P. Schneider, D. Herdman, M. Freeman. | |
| 15:30-16:15 | Microwave Moisture Measurement System for Lumber Drying |
| W. Moschler, G. Hanson | |
| 16:15-18:00 | Poster Session II Social Hour sponsored by USNR/Irvington Moore |
| 18:00 | Dinner |
| Thursday, August 30 | |
| Session V | Energy and Environmental Aspects. Moderator: Lianbai Gu |
| 8:30-9:15 | Environmentally Friendly Temporary Anti-Mould Treatment of Packaging Material Before Drying |
| J. Welling, G. Lambertz | |
| 9:15:10:00 | Strategies to Reduce Energy Consumption in Kiln Lumber Drying |
| D. Elustondo, L. Oliveira | |
| 10:00-10:15 | Coffee Break |
| 10:15-11:00 | Energy Saving in the Timber Industry |
| H. Horn | |
| 11:00-11:45 | Comparative DOC Estimates From The Heartwood And Sapwood Of Five Hardwoods |
| R. W. Rice, M. Susan Erich | |
| 12:00-13:00 PM | Lunch |
| Session VI | Applied Drying Studies II. Moderator: Bill Smith |
| 13:00-13:45 | Potential of High Frequency Heating for On Line Drying of Norway Spruce |
| P. Perre, R. Remond | |
| 13:45-14:30 | High Temperature Drying of Spruce & Pine |
| L. Cai, L. Oliveira | |
| 14:30-14:45 | Coffee Break |
| 14:45-15:30 | Moisture Sorption and its Dynamics in Commercial, Kiln Dried Softwood Boards |
| P. Gjerdrum | |
| 15:30-16:15 | Kiln Drying Properties of Red-bud Maple (Acer trautvetteri Medw.) Lumber |
| S. Korkut, B. Guller, M. Budakci | |
| 16:15-16:30 | Adjourn |
| 17:00++++ | Beer and Pizza |