PFI-BIC: Thermal Modification Research for Engineered Wood Materials

PFI-BIC：工程木质材料的热改性研究

• 批准号: 1237798
• 负责人: Matthew Aro
• 金额: $ 59.96万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota Duluth
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1237798&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PFI; BIC; Thermal; Modification; Research

This Partnerships for Innovation project focuses on thermal-modification technology to enhance the utility of engineered wood products in order to improve dimensional stability and resistance to biodegradation and weathering. Service life will also be extended, while at the same time reducing environmental impacts. This project will advance thermal-modification technology toward the development of advanced, high-performing engineered wood products. Thermally-modified wood is currently used in a limited set of applications, including solid wood flooring, external cladding, and decking products. This project will advance the platform so that it can be the basis of new, high-volume, and in-demand engineered wood products for markets that are poised to grow quickly in the near future when the demand for engineered wood products increases with the rebound in U.S. residential and commercial construction. The completion and validation of research will also facilitate interactions and information exchange between stakeholders within the forest products industry to enhance opportunities for sustained forest products production and use; and it will contribut to improvement in the knowledge, skills, and capacity of the forest products industry workforce and management. The broader impacts of this project will be job creation, national export earnings, and better homes and buildings from engineered wood products. This project will advance the scientific understanding of the thermal-modification platform and propel it toward potential applications for new, ultra-high-performing thermally-modified engineered wood products that excel in severe environmental conditions. Ultimately, such products will bolster the critical U.S. forest products industry by increasing U.S. economic competitiveness, increasing the number of jobs (many of them in rural and lesser-populated areas where the need is particularly great), increasing revenues for manufacturers, and accelerating the export of new products.Partners at the inception of the project are the Knowledge-Enhancement Partners: University of Minnesota Duluth Natural Resources Research Institute (Duluth, MN); Small businesses: Aspen Research Corporation (Maple Grove, MN); C.S. Industries LLC (Suwanee, GA); Marshall W. Nelson & Associates, Inc. (Eagan, MN); WI Business Innovation Corporation (Spooner, WI); and Large business: Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (Nashville, TN); Other Partners: Public: Aitkin County Economic Development and Forestry (Aitkin, MN); College of Menominee Nation (Keshena, WI); MN Department of Natural Resources (St. Paul, MN); USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory (Madison, WI); WI Department of Agriculture; Trade and Consumer Protection (Madison, WI); and WI Department of Natural Resources (Madison, WI); Private Non-Profit: APA-The Engineered Wood Association (Tacoma, WA); National Association of Home Builders Research Center (Upper Marlboro, MD); Private For-Profit: Arclin Limited (Mississauga, Ontario, CA); and Stora Enso Wood Products Oy Ltd.(Helsinki, Finland).

该创新伙伴关系项目的重点是热改性技术，以提高工程木制品的实用性，从而提高尺寸稳定性和抗生物降解性和耐候性。 使用寿命也将延长，同时减少对环境的影响。 该项目将推进热改性技术，以开发先进的高性能工程木材产品。 热改性木材目前用于有限的应用，包括实木地板，外部覆层和装饰产品。该项目将推动该平台的发展，使其成为新的、大批量的、有需求的工程木产品的基础，这些产品将在不久的将来随着美国住宅和商业建筑的反弹而迅速增长。研究的完成和验证还将促进森林产品行业内利益攸关方之间的互动和信息交流，以增加可持续森林产品生产和使用的机会;并将有助于提高森林产品行业劳动力和管理人员的知识、技能和能力。该项目的更广泛影响将是创造就业机会，国家出口收入，以及工程木制品的更好的房屋和建筑。 该项目将推进对热改性平台的科学理解，并推动其在恶劣环境条件下出色的新型超高性能热改性工程木材产品的潜在应用。最终，这些产品将通过提高美国经济竞争力，增加就业机会，（其中许多位于需求特别大的农村和人口较少的地区），增加制造商的收入，并加速新产品的出口。项目启动时的合作伙伴是知识增强合作伙伴：明尼苏达大学杜卢斯自然资源研究所（杜卢斯，明尼苏达州）;小企业：白杨研究公司（枫树格罗夫，明尼苏达州）; C.S. Industries LLC（Suwanee，GA）;马歇尔W.纳尔逊联合公司（埃根，MN）;威斯康星州商业创新公司（斯普纳，威斯康星州）;和大型企业：路易斯安那太平洋公司（纳什维尔，田纳西州）;其他合作伙伴：公共：艾特金县经济发展和林业（艾特金，明尼苏达州）;梅诺米尼国家学院（凯舍纳，威斯康星州）;明尼苏达州自然资源部（圣保罗，明尼苏达州）;美国农业部林务局森林产品实验室（麦迪逊，威斯康星州）;威斯康星州农业部;贸易和消费者保护（麦迪逊，威斯康星州）;和威斯康星州自然资源部（麦迪逊，威斯康星州）;私人非营利组织：APA-工程木材协会（塔科马，华盛顿州）;全国住宅建筑商协会研究中心（上万宝路，马里兰州）;私人营利组织：Arclin有限公司（密西索加，安大略，加利福尼亚州）;和斯托拉恩索木材制品有限公司。（芬兰赫尔辛基）。