scholarly journals NIR Hyperspectral Imaging for Mapping of Moisture Content Distribution in Tea Buds during Dehydration

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keqiang Yu ◽  
Yanru Zhao ◽  
Xiaoli Li ◽  
Yong He
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Hyperspectral Imaging ◽  
Content Distribution ◽  
Moisture Content Distribution

scholarly journals Effect of Supercritical CO2 Drying on Moisture Transfer and Wood Property of Eucalyptus urophydis

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1115
Author(s):  
Lin Yang ◽  
Honghai Liu
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Supercritical Co2 ◽  
Moisture Transfer ◽  
Content Distribution ◽  
Wood Property ◽  
Drying Rate ◽  
Extractive Content ◽  
Moisture Content Distribution ◽  
Bordered Pits ◽  
Supercritical Co2 Drying

Wood dried using supercritical CO2 has unique properties because water is removed directly from the cell lumens through the cycling between supercritical and gas phases. Eucalyptus urophydis green wood was dried by supercritical CO2 at 50 °C and pressure of 10, 20, and 30 MPa; the effect of supercritical CO2 drying on moisture content distribution and transfer, as well as the permeability and extractive content of the wood, was investigated. The results showed that the supercritical CO2 drying rate was high, showing the highest drying rate at 20 MPa and the lowest at 10 MPa. Drying rate increased with pressure below 20 MPa in this study; drying rate represented no positive relation to pressure over 20 Mpa. Moisture content distribution was more uneven in the low-pressure drying conditions and in the middle transverse section of the specimens. The moisture content gradient in tangential was greater than that in longitudinal, especially for the drying of 10 MPa, indicating that water was removed mainly in the former direction of wood. More extractives were removed from wood at higher pressure during supercritical CO2 drying. Bordered pits were broken up more at higher pressure conditions. The decreased extract yields and increased amount of opened bordered pits increased the permeability of the wood after supercritical CO2 drying.

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