Firewood kiln dryer

Abstract

Birch firewood drying is a very complicated and comprehensive problem that requires the right principle and equipment that must be chosen according to scientific standards and rules. This study aims to find the most efficient, easy to operate and affordable solution for firewood drying and helps to implement this idea as a business start-up for young entrepreneurs. This thesis is based on knowledge from the scientific literature related to the theory of wood drying and experience from the working life in field of wood processing and timber production. The result of the project is a fully calculated firewood dryer that is a profitable and effective complex of special devices that makes drying of birch firewood in very short time possible. This project shows that firewood drying is a simple process that requires basic knowledge in the theory of wood drying and engineering and could be used as a business idea.