Solar Electric Wood Seasoning Kiln

Abstract

Wood is a highly versatile material and has a long history of use. It is used in numerous industries and is particularly famous and preferred material for furniture. In order to use wood it requires pre-processing i.e. drying of wood. In the local market green wood is relatively inexpensive where as dry wood is 25-35 % more expensive than green wood. Natural air seasoning is a very lengthy process often taking four to nine months. The motivation behind this project is to develop a hybrid wood seasoning kiln for the local industries of Pakistan. This project is aimed at providing a cost effective and energy efficient solution to the local wood industries of Pakistan. With the help of this hybrid wood seasoning kiln wood drying process can be completed in 3-4 weeks drastically improving the time required to dry wood.