Exploiting Resonance in Improving Dried Timber Quality by Optimizing Cyclic Drying Processes in Solar Kilns

最大限度地提高最终干燥木材的价值对于澳大利亚经济利益的最大化至关重要。 如果澳大利亚每年生产的100万立方米硬木锯材中有10%的价值增加500澳元/立方米，那么澳大利亚公司每年的潜在直接收益将超过5000万澳元。 乘数效应包括未来在食品干燥方面的应用，其中使用太阳能窑的潜在效益是每年至少减少100万吨CO2的CO2排放量，并每年减少3800万澳元的潜在成本。

Maximizing the value of final dried timber is essential for maximizing the economic benefits for Australia. If 10% of one million cubic metres of sawn hardwood timber produced annually in Australia increases its value raised by $500/m3, then the potential direct gain to Australian companies is over A$50 million per year. Multiplier effects include future applications to the drying of foods, where the potential benefit in using solar kilns is a reduction in CO2 emissions of at least a million tonnes of CO2 per year, and a potential cost reduction of A$38 million per year.