2008.63: Detecting Juvenile Wood in Southern Pine Logs with Brush Electrodes
2008.63: Jerome E. Cooper, Philip H. Steele, Brian K. Mitchell, Craig Boden and William R.B. Lionheart (2008) Detecting Juvenile Wood in Southern Pine Logs with Brush Electrodes. In: 9th EIT conference 2008, 16-18th June 2008, Dartmouth College, New Hampshire.
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Log scanning to determine internal characteristics to maximize lumber value has been a long-term goal of the sawmilling industry. Juvenile wood is wood formed in southern pine trees during the first 10 years of growth. Juvenile wood is characterized by wood with high moisture content and that undergoes a high degree of longitudinal shrinkage during kiln drying. This shrinkage results in large amounts of warp that produce lumber degrade and very high value loss. Detection of juvenile wood prior to sawing logs will allow application of sawing patterns and drying procedures that result in reduced influence on the final lumber value. Our research tested EIT scanning with brush electrodes to determine the potential for detecting juvenile wood in green southern pine logs. EIT and computed tomography (CT) images were compared to determine that juvenile wood could be detected with acceptable.
|Item Type:||Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)|
|Uncontrolled Keywords:||EIT, log density, timber|
|Subjects:||PACS 2003 > 81 Materials science|
|Deposited By:||Prof WRB Lionheart|
|Deposited On:||26 June 2008|