Thermal treatment of wood using vegetable oils: A review

SH Lee, Z Ashaari, WC Lum, JA Halip, AF Ang… - … and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Wood is an ideal building material as it is renewable and green. However, low dimensional
stability and durability might restrict its usage in structural application. Therefore …

Review on comparative study of dry and wet torrefaction

B Acharya, A Dutta, J Minaret - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Torrefaction is a mild pyrolysis process used to improve the fuel quality of biomass so that it
becomes a more appropriate solid fuel for coal fired power plants. The main goal of this …

A review of wood thermal pretreatments to improve wood composite properties

MR Pelaez-Samaniego, V Yadama, E Lowell… - Wood Science and …, 2013 - Springer
The objective of this paper is to review the published literature on improving properties of
wood composites through thermal pretreatment of wood. Thermal pretreatment has been …

Effect of natural tung oil on wood shrinkage during the thermal modification process

L He, T Zhang, Y Zhao, J Gao, Y Zhang, Y Yang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The non-negligible shrinkage and volume loss caused by heat treatment would reduce the
availability and product value of wood. In this study, natural tung oil was innovatively used to …

Comparison of physical and mechanical properties of Paulownia tomentosa and Pinus koraiensis wood heat-treated in oil and air

IF Suri, BD Purusatama, JH Kim, GU Yang… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
This study aimed to determine and compare the effects of heat treatment in palm oil and air
on the physical and mechanical properties of Paulownia tomentosa and Pinus koraiensis …

Synergistic effects of tung oil and heat treatment on physicochemical properties of bamboo materials

T Tang, B Zhang, X Liu, W Wang, X Chen, B Fei - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
The search for green and sustainable modification method to produce durable bamboo
materials remains a challenge in industry. Here, heat treatment in tung oil at 100–200° C …

Evaluating dimensional stability in solid wood: a review of current practice

R Sargent - Journal of Wood Science, 2019 - Springer
The degree with which wood shrinks and swells with changing moisture content is an
important property which determines its suitability for different applications. This property …

Dimensional stabilization of wood

D Kocaefe, X Huang, Y Kocaefe - Current Forestry Reports, 2015 - Springer
This paper comprehensively reviews the relevant literature and presents the methods and
processes used to investigate the dimensional stabilization of wood using various …

Mild hydrothermal modification of beech wood (Zelkova schneideriana Hand-Mzt): its physical, structural, and mechanical properties

X Feng, J Chen, S Yu, Z Wu, Q Huang - European Journal of Wood and …, 2022 - Springer
Wood modification at a high temperature (180–300℃) and duration (> 5 h) consumes
energy and results in a decrease in the quality of the wood. Therefore, wood modifications at …

Research on the physico-mechanical properties of moso bamboo with thermal treatment in tung oil and its influencing factors

T Tang, X Chen, B Zhang, X Liu, B Fei - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this study, the effects of tung oil heat treatment on the physico-mechanical properties of
moso bamboo were investigated. Here, heat treatment in tung oil at 100–200° C was used to …