A thermal modification technique combining bulk densification and heat treatment for poplar wood with low moisture content

X Wang, D Tu, C Chen, Q Zhou, H Huang… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aimed to obtain the most suitable process parameters of the bulk densification
and heat treatment for the modification of poplar wood with a moisture content of …

Compression performance and failure mechanism of honeycomb structures fabricated with reinforced wood

Z Fan, G Ye, S Li, Z Bai, Q Yong, Y Zhang, Y Hu - Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, a fast-growing poplar wood was selected as the structural raw material to
construct a green, eco-friendly, and high-quality building structure. The pretreatment and hot …

Flame-retardant, heat-insulating and char formation properties of densified Pinus sylvestris treated with different compression pressures

Z Xu, W Zhao, Y Feng, X Tang, L Yan - European Journal of Wood and …, 2022 - Springer
Densified Pinus sylvestris wood was prepared via densification treatment at different
compression pressures, and the flame retardancy and heat-insulating property of the …

[HTML][HTML] Chemical characterization and ftir spectroscopy of thermally compressed eucalyptus wood panels

O Gonultas, Z Candan - Maderas. Ciencia y tecnología, 2018 - SciELO Chile
In this study, the change in the chemical properties of the thermally modified eucalyptus
(Eucalyptus camaldulensis) wood boards were examined by wet chemical analysis and …

Gloss of thermally densified alder (Alnus glutinosa Goertn.), beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), birch (Betula verrucosa Ehrh.), and pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) wood veneers

P Bekhta, S Proszyk, B Lis, T Krystofiak - European Journal of Wood and …, 2014 - Springer
Thermo-mechanical densification of wood is performed to improve physical and mechanical
properties of wood. During this treatment aesthetic properties of wood, including gloss, also …

Effect of thermal modification by hot pressing on performance properties of paulownia wood boards

Z Candan, S Korkut, O Unsal - Industrial Crops and Products, 2013 - Elsevier
The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of thermal modification by hot-pressing
on the performance properties of paulownia wood boards. The boards were thermally …

Production processes, material properties and applications of densified wood: an overview

BN Paul, SR Shukla, BU Kelkar, P Nagraik - Journal of the Indian Academy …, 2024 - Springer
The increase in demand and the acute supply of good quality wood has created a gradual
shift towards fast-growing species with low to medium-strength properties. Modification …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanically strong, cost-efficiency, and sustainable fully wood-derived structural materials by micro/nanoscale design

H Sun, Z Ren, T Ji, H Bi, M Xu - Journal of Materials Research and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sustainable structural materials with fully bio-based building blocks and great mechanical
properties are vitally important for practical application. However, the challenges on how to …

Adhesion strength of thermally compressed and varnished wood (TCW) substrate

P Bekhta, T Krystofiak, S Proszyk, B Lis - Progress in Organic Coatings, 2018 - Elsevier
The objectives of this work was to evaluate the adhesion strength of thermally compressed
and varnished veneer used as overlay on medium density fibreboard (MDF) panels. Rotary …

Sandwich compression of wood: effects of preheating time and moisture distribution on the formation of compressed layer (s)

Z Gao, R Huang, J Chang, R Li, Y Wu… - European Journal of Wood …, 2019 - Springer
Wood sandwich compression technology can on the one hand effectively improve the
physical and mechanical properties of low-density fast-growing wood, on the other hand it …