EDG Conference 2007 in Riga
Topic: Wood drying conference “Wood
drying – vision of tomorrow”
Place: „Islande Hotel”, Kipsalas iela 20, Riga. The Hotel is located in the center of Riga, near the Vanšu Bridge and Kipsala Exhibition Hall
Date: 24th April 2007; Registration at 8:30; Duration of conference 8 h
Language: English, simultaneous translation to Latvia
Fee: 100,-EUR + VAT, conference documents, coffee brakes and lunch included
Presentations and lecturers:
Wood drying today – drying quality, main tendencies and problems; Ivars Akerfelds, Latvia University of Agriculture, Latvia
Use of EN drying quality standards; Johannes Welling, Bundesforschungsanstalt für Forst- und Holzwirtschaft (BFH), Institut für Holzphysik, Germany
Moisture effects on building and structural timber; Robert Kliger, Chalmers University of Technology Building and Environmental, Engineering Steel and Timber Structures, Sweden
Top loading during drying - A successful method to reduce deformations; Knut Magnar Sandland, Sverre Tronstad, Norwegian Institute of Wood Technology (NTI), Norway
Optimizing the kiln drying with VTT`s kiln simulation program LAATUKAMARI; Holger Forsén, Antti Hanhijärvi, VTT, Finland
Actions to reduce energy consumption during kiln drying of timber; Knut Magnar Sandland, Henning Horn, Norwegian Institute of Wood Technology (NTI), Norway
Correct wood moisture content measurement; Pieter Rozema, Brookhuis Micro-Electronics BV, The Netherlands
Theory and praxis in wood drying; Livio Travan, Nardi SRL, Italy
Wood drying simulation program Torksim; Jarl-Gunnar Salin, SP Swedish National Testing & Research Institute, Sweden
Super heated steam drying on industrial scale; Wolfgang Gard, Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences Division Steel and Timber Structure, Netherlands
Dried Timber – how to specify correctly; Björn Esping, SP Trätek, Sweden
Questions:
Ivars Akerfelds, Phone: +371 29240831, e-mail: ivars.akerfelds@llu.lv
Janis Kazocins, Phone: +371 26114644, e-mail: ktc@ktc.lv
Information (pdf) ; All lectures (pdf)
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