A control volume finite element numerical simulation of the drying of spruce (Q1913779)

Drying is a process which involves heat and mass transfer both inside the porous material, where a phase change in moisture occurs from the liquid to the gaseous state, and in the external boundary layer of the convected hot dry air, which heats the porous medium. This paper presents a novel application of the hybrid control volume finite element scheme, which solves the problem on a deforming mesh. In order to test the performance, numerical solutions to two timber drying problems are presented in this paper: drying cases with dry bulb temperature of \(80^\circ \text{C}\) and \(120^\circ \text{C}\).