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Center for<br />

Forest Products<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>. Dr. Ressel<br />

Introduction<br />

Fundamentals<br />

Plant Facilities<br />

Innovations<br />

Process<br />

Technology<br />

Plant Examples<br />

Brunner<br />

IWT<br />

Mühlböck<br />

Kronseder<br />

Eberl<br />

Opel<br />

HeatWave<br />

Press Dry<strong>in</strong>g<br />

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Radio Frequency / Vacuum Dry<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Radio Frequency-Vacuum dry kiln (RF/V-dry<strong>in</strong>g)<br />

Steamcondenser<br />

Vacuum<br />

-pump<br />

“Hot” electrode<br />

“Cold” electrode<br />

Scheme <strong>of</strong> a RF/V-dry kiln (Wolf)<br />

• Dielectric Heat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> wet wood <strong>in</strong><br />

a dielectric field<br />

• Wet Wood as dielectric material<br />

• Power absorption <strong>of</strong> the material<br />

Radi<strong>of</strong>requencygenerator<br />

Ground<br />

Cold electrode<br />

Hot electrode<br />

Cold electrode<br />

P = 0,556 � f � E 2 � ε´´ � 10 -12 [W/cm³]<br />

P [W/cm³] Power per unit volume<br />

f [Hz] Frequency<br />

E [V/cm] Field strength<br />

ε” [-] Loss factor <strong>of</strong> wood

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