MODELING OF THE NONISOTHERMAL IMPREGNATION
OF WOOD AND OTHER POROUS MEDIA BY FLUIDS
M. A. Brich and V. P. Kozhin

UDC 532.546:674.048

A mathematical model and results of the calculations 
of the kinetics of impregnation of porous materials by a fluid, whose 
viscosity essentially depends on temperature, are given. Modeling 
of the technological process of protective treatment of wooden articles 
is carried out using, as an example, the impregnation of wood under 
pressure by a water-oil antiseptic emulsion heated to 40oC. 
The efficiency of different methods of deep impregnation is analyzed 
in the context of both the absorption of a protective substance and 
the uniformity of its distribution in wood.

A. V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, National Academy of 
Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus. 
Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 75, No. 2, pp. 75-80, 
March-April, 2002. Original article submitted August 8, 2001.

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