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An Innovative Engineered Wood Product Made from Densified Wood with Enhanced Fire Performance – State-of-the-Art
InnoRenew CoE, Livade 6a, 6310 Izola, Slovenia; Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska, Glagoljaška 8, 6000 Koper, Slovenia.
Department of Fire-Safe Sustainable Built Environment, Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute (ZAG), Obrtna cona 35, 1370 Logatec, Slovenia.
InnoRenew CoE, Livade 6a, 6310 Izola, Slovenia; Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska, Glagoljaška 8, 6000 Koper, Slovenia.
InnoRenew CoE, Livade 6a, 6310 Izola, Slovenia; Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska, Glagoljaška 8, 6000 Koper, Slovenia.
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2024 (English)In: Wood & Fire Safety 2024: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Wood & Fire Safety 2024 / [ed] Linda Makovická Osvaldová; Laura E. Hasburgh; Oisik Das, Springer Nature, 2024, p. 62-70Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

As an environmentally friendly wood-modification method, thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) densification is being developed to improve the intrinsic mechanical properties of wood. However, there is limited investigation on its scale-up application and fire performance of the resulting product. Therefore, the potential of applying THM densified wood in Engineered Wood Products (EWPs) with enhanced fire performance was explored through a review of related studies. The state-of-the-art indicates the importance of material selection and species specific THM process parameters on the scale-up application. Considering the fire safety, the densification itself slightly influences the reaction to fire of wood while its excellent mechanical properties at room and elevated temperature could be able to improve the fire resistance by provide additional residue load-bearing capacity to keep structural integrity in the fire. To further enhance its fire safety properties through delaying ignition time and decreasing the heat-release rate, fire-retardant impregnation and delignification could be combined with densification. Nevertheless, the impregnation and delignification require a complicated and long processing time, high chemical consumption, and the compatibility increases the environmental footprint of the final product. 

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Springer Nature, 2024. p. 62-70
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International Scientific Conference on Woods & Fire Safety
Keywords [en]
EWP, fire safety, thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) densification
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Wood Science
Research subject
Wood Science and Engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-111883DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-59177-8_8ISI: 001274239000008OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-111883DiVA, id: diva2:1942863
Conference
10th International Conference on Wood & Fire Safety (WFS 2024), Strbske Pleso, Slovakia, May 12-15, 2024
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EU, Horizon 2020, 952395
Note

Funder: Slovenian Researchand Innovation Agency (J4-50132); 

ISBN for host publication: 978-3-031-59176-1, 978-3-031-59179-2, 978-3-031-59177-8

Available from: 2025-03-06 Created: 2025-03-06 Last updated: 2025-10-21Bibliographically approved

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