A Review of Wood Modification across Europe as Part of COST FP1407
2018 (English)In: Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Wood Modification 2018, Arnhem, The Netherlands / [ed] Jos Creemers; Thomas Houben; Bôke Tjeerdsma; Holger Militz; Brigitte Junge; Jos Gootjes, SHR B.V. , 2018, p. 24-31Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Wood modification (chemical, thermal, impregnation) represents an assortment of innovative processes currently being adopted in the wood protection sector. Though many aspects of these treatments are known, the fundamental influence of the process on product performance, the environment, and end of life scenarios remain relatively unknown. It is essential to integrate interactive assessment of process parameters, developed product properties, and environmental impacts. To optimise modification processing to minimise environmental impacts, much more information must be gathered about all process related factors affecting the environment (VOC, energy use, end of life use, etc.). To this end, COST Action FP1407 (Understanding wood modification through an integrated scientific and environmental impact approach - ModWoodLife) was initiated in 2015, with its 4-year programme aiming to investigate modification processing and products design with emphasis on their environmental impacts. This will require analysis of the whole value chain, from forest through processing, installation, in service, end of life, second/third life (cascading) and ultimately incineration with energy recovery.A recent task within COST FP1407 was to re-evaluate the current status of wood modification across the member countries, tasks previously undertaken within COST Actions E22 and E37 respectively and reported in several papers within several of the previous European Conferences on Wood Modification (ECWM). Whilst the early projected advances anticipated for various types of modified wood has not been as previously reported. During a COST FP1407 meeting in Florence, Italy, the national status of wood modifications in 18 different European countries was presented, and the findings will be presented herein.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
SHR B.V. , 2018. p. 24-31
Keywords [en]
Wood modification, Europe, COST
National Category
Wood Science
Research subject
Wood Science and Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-72576OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-72576DiVA, id: diva2:1279165
Conference
9th European Conference on Wood Modification, Arnhem, The Netherlands, September 17-18, 2018
Note
ISBN för värdpublikation: 978-90-829466-1-1;
Finansiär: COST Association
2019-01-162019-01-162021-04-27Bibliographically approved