Environ. Sci. Technol. 1999, 33, 1056-1059
Field-Proven Strategies for Reducing Volatile Organic Carbons from Hardwood Drying WEI SU, HUI YAN, AND SUJIT BANERJEE* Institute of Paper Science and Technology, 500 Tenth Street N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30318 LAWRENCE P. OTWELL AND MICHAEL E. HITTMEIER Georgia-Pacific Corporation, P.O. Box 105605, Atlanta, Georgia, 30348
Drying hardwood oriented strand board (OSB) flakes leads to a very sharp rise in VOC concentration late in the process. Methanol and aldehydes, the principal VOCs released, arise from wood degradation, which accelerates when the wood is almost dry (
