WPE 326 - Fluid Treatment of Wood

Institution:

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

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Description:

Two hours of lecture, three hours of laboratory per week. Basic woodmoisture relationships, wood shrinkage and swelling, permeability, thermal conductivity, wood drying and preservation treatments, and fire retardancy. Flow of fluids, heat and water vapor are treated as analogous phenomena related to the cellular structure of wood. Laboratory studies in relative humidity measurement, wood-moisture relations, relationships between wood permeability and drying and treatability, industrial wood drying, dry kiln operation and preservation treatments, and fire retardancy. Spring. Prerequisite: WPE 387 or permission of instructor. Note: Credit will not be granted for both WPE 326 and ERE 682.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.esf.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 470-6500

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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