Strength performance of outer layer oil palm trunk wood treated with microwave energy

Author

Saptri, Mohd Fahmi ; Nordin, Kamarulzaman ; Rahman, Nur Atiqah Abdul ; Jamaludin, Muhammad Akbar ; Ahmad, Mohiuddin

Author_Institution

Fac. of Appl. Sci., Univ. Teknol. MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

fYear

2013

fDate

7-9 April 2013

Firstpage

695

Lastpage

697

Abstract

This study was done to evaluate the flexural properties of microwave treated oil palm trunk (OPT) wood. The outer portion for basal position of the tree was chosen as it is the most stable part of oil palm trunk. Six treatment with the combination of different power input and exposure time were applied on the OPT wood blocks and one sample as control was not treated with any of the combination. The flexural properties of the microwave treated OPT wood referred as flexural modulus (MOE) and flexural strength (MOR) of the samples were analyzed. Microwave treatment number six has the highest flexural modulus and surpasses the untreated OPT.

Keywords

bending strength; elastic moduli; microwave materials processing; wood; wood processing; MOE; MOR; OPT wood blocks; basal position; exposure time; flexural modulus; flexural property; flexural strength; microwave energy; microwave treated OPT wood; microwave treated oil palm trunk wood; nicrowave treatment; outer layer oil palm trunk wood; strength performance; Buildings; Electromagnetic heating; Materials; Microwave technology; Moisture; Optimized production technology; Oil palm trunk (Elaies guineensis); bending properties; flexural properties; microwave drying;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Business Engineering and Industrial Applications Colloquium (BEIAC), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Langkawi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5967-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BEIAC.2013.6560220

Filename

6560220