Promotion and Utilization of Plantation Grown Timber Species in Ghana: The Kiln Drying Schedule of Khayaivorensis
Journal Title: Saudi Journal of Engineering and Technology - Year 2016, Vol 1, Issue 4
Abstract
Abstract: Mahogany is ranked as one of the best known and most valuable commercial tropical timbers on the international market. These species are becoming scarcer in the wake of dwindling forest cover in Ghana with illegal logging as the major contributing factors. Since plantation species have not been used enough in the past, their kiln schedules and their drying rates are unknown. In this study kiln drying schedule for plantation grown Khayaivorensiswas developed. The testing method followed Terrazawa: 1965. Resultsindicate that the mildest drying conditions for the plantation species would be the initial and final temperatures of 65°C and 90°C respectively and this coincided with the temperature schedule T11. The wet bulb depression (WBD) of 5.5°C which also corresponds to WBD schedule of 5 was recorded. Madison Drying Schedule T11-B5 is therefore proposed for the plantation grown Khayaivorensis. Keywords: Khayaivorensis, temperature, drying schedules.
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Appiah-Kubi E, Andoh, E. O
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