Heat treatment processes have been used on wood for more than a century and have become a common way of elevating properties such as durability. These processes take place in heated environments ...

Wood cannot be employed excessively in all mechanical applications because of its poor dimensional stability and limited natural durability. Hence, modification is required to improve these qualities, ...

Heat treatment of wood is an alternative to chemical treatment. Wood structure changes due to decomposition of hemicelluloses, ramification of lignin and crystallisation of cellulose. These changes ...

A study of the effects of time and temperature of heat treatment of sludge on specific resistance to filtration showed that activated sludge became easily dewaterable within 40 min when subjected to ...

AZUOLAICIAI, Lithuania, Nov 18 (Reuters) - A farmer in Lithuania is having to burn the oats he grows to feed his sheep and the wheat used to make bread in order to heat his home after the price of ...