- Author
- Kubler, H.
- Title
- Air Convection in Self-Heating Piles of Wood Chips.
- Coporate
- Wisconsin Univ., Madison
- Journal
- Tappi, The Journal of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, Vol. 65, No. 8, 79-83, August 1982
- Keywords
- self-heating | wood | stack effect | heating | sawdust | fiberboards | lumber
- Abstract
- The chimney effect of humid air and of warm air in piles of wood chips causes air to flow through the material, supplying the oxygen needed for heat-generating processes, but this air current also carries heat out of the pile. Calculations show that, up to at least 100 Deg. C, only a fraction of the oxygen is consumed and that strong convection works against self-heating.