- Author
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Kubler, H.
- Title
- Self-Heating of Wood Products Due to Residence Oxygen.
- Coporate
- Wisconsin Univ., Madison
- Journal
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Wood Science,
Vol. 15,
No. 2,
97-100,
October 1982
- Keywords
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wood
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temperature rise
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thermal decomposition
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oxidation
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self-heating
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sawdust
- Abstract
- The temperature rise due to consumption of residence oxygen is calculated. Residence oxygen may raise the temperature in a sawdust pile up to about 20 deg C, and somewhat less in other types of lumber, panels, etc.