PROCESS AND DESIGN MODIFICATIONS TO RETROFIT A CONVENTIONAL WOOD PLANT

A transformation of an existing, conventional southern yellow pine (SYP) lumber pressure treatment plant that previously impregnated wood with non-sustainable chemicals, to using environmentally friendly sodium silicate formulations. The transformation may include adding heated storage tanks for sol...

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Hauptverfasser: MAY, Leondra, POLLARD, Levi, FRITSCH, Roland, KIER, Joel, MALZER, Kurt
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Zusammenfassung:A transformation of an existing, conventional southern yellow pine (SYP) lumber pressure treatment plant that previously impregnated wood with non-sustainable chemicals, to using environmentally friendly sodium silicate formulations. The transformation may include adding heated storage tanks for solutions of siliceous solutions and adding a heater to an existing storage tank, installing delivery lines capable of handling high pH, viscous solutions between at least the pre-existing vacuum pressure impregnation tank and the added or existing heated storage tank, a CO