Modeling Wood Moisture Sorption Hysteresis Based on Similarity Hypothesis. Part II. Capillary-Radii Approach
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Modeling, sorption, adsorption, desorption, isotherm, hysteresis, yellow-poplar, <i>Liriodendron tulipifera</i>Abstract
The applicability of Mualem's capillary-radii model to wood moisture sorption hysteresis is evaluated. The model further simplifies the prediction of sorption hysteresis in that scanning curves can be obtained from the moisture content and relative humidity data of the boundary isotherms, with no other intermediate parameters needed. A comparison of predicted moisture contents with actual experimental data points for yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) indicates that the model consistently underestimates the primary desorption scanning isotherms, with errors ranging from -0.01 to -1.31. These prediction errors are slightly larger than those obtained from an earlier model based on Mualem's direct similarity hypothesis.References
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