Moisture content changes of beech and ash elements during two years in room conditions

• Published in: Glasnik Sumarskog fakulteta - Univerzitet u Beogradu (1987) 2021, Vol.2021 (123), p.97-110
• Main Author: Milic, Goran
• Format: Article
• Language: eng ; srp
• Subjects: ash; beech; climate in the interior; equilibrium moisture content; moisture content
• ISSN: 0353-4537; 2217-8600
• DOI: 10.2298/GSF2123097M

The subject of this paper is the analysis of moisture content (MC) changes of beech and ash wood during two years in room conditions (heating during winter; no air conditioning during summer). The registered MC changes are primarily the result of changes in relative humidity of the air (measured by capacitive probes). The average relative humidity of the air in the interior is lower today than in the past, as also shown in this experiment (the average relative humidity of air during two years was 44%). The lowest wood MC was reached on very cold winter days when the heating was on even during the night - between 5% and 6%, and the highest one at the beginning of June: 10.4-10.9%. As expected, the wood did not reach equilibrium moisture content - during winter, MC is by about 1% higher, and in summer it is lower by up to 2.5% than the equilibrium. The recommendation that the sawn timber from which the interior products will be made should be dried at 7-8% MC was confirmed.