Editor: José Pezo P TECHNICAL NEWSLETTER Nº 05 January 2006

Heat of Wetting - Heat of Sorption

The heat of wetting is defined as the heat generated by the dry wood when it is Consumption Unitary Energy Dry wood

moistened and adsorbed water (moisture) until arriving to moisture more than PSF. 7000

This heat depends on the content of moisture of the wood before being moistened, 6000

kJ/kg
5000
for example anhydrous dry wood produces more heat than wood with moisture of
4000
15%. The sorption heat is the difference among wetting heat from the anhydrous
3000
condition with regard to another value of moisture.
2000
The total heat of wetting is an indicator of the total number of sorption groups OH
1000
which are accessible to the water. The wood contains areas which are accessible to
0
the water and other regions like they are it the crystalline areas in that the water 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 110%
Moisture Wood
cannot arrive.
The total heat of wetting for the wood is of the order from 15 to 20 kcal/kg.
During the drying it corresponds to the extra energy that it is necessary to provide to The unitary specific energy to dry is
evaporate the bound water, which increases notably as the wood this drier one. practically constant until the PSF,
During the conditioned part of this heat is liberated reason by the one which the then exponential increases the
wood temperature increases and it is also responsible for increasing it differentiates energy requerimeinto to evaporate
psychrometrics the bound water, this increase is due
The sorption heat is a property of the polymers celluloses and porous. to the sorption energy.
Sensible heat (Enthalpy of the Liquid, hf)
It is the heat required to increase the temperature of water to the point of boil.
Sensible meaning when adding heat to the water a change of temperature is
produced.
For example: to atmospheric pressure (0 manometric bar), the water boils at 100°C
and 419 energy kJ is required to heat 1 kg of water from 0°C until the point of boil of
100°C. To 10 bar (184°C), the sensible heat is of 781.6 kJ/kg. In the case of boilers Heat Latent vs. Heat Sensible
7 bar
to pressurized hot water, that makes it is simply to give sensible heat. 0 bar
100oC 170oC

Heat Latent of Vaporization (Enthalpy of Evaporation, hfg) 2257 kJ 2015.3 KJ

It is the quantity of necessary heat to transform the water into their point of boil in 762.8
.8 kJ
419 kJ
steam. When one adds heat, there is not change of temperature of the steam and
the energy is in charge of in converting the water in steam. The concept of latent is 2257 kJ Latente(hfg)
418 kJ Sensible (hf)
2015.3 kJ Latente(hgf)
762.8 kJ Sensible(hf)
based in that no matter how much heat, the temperature is added it doesn't change. 2676 kJ Calor total(hg) 2778.1 kJ Calor total(hg)

For example, to atmospheric pressure (0 bar abs.) 2257 energy kJ is needed to

evaporate 1 kg of water at 100°C in steam at 100°C.
During the drying, the steam changes phase in the heaters (coils) and delivery
energy (hfg) to evaporate the wood water. During the conditioned one, the saturated
steam coming from the water bath and change phase when arriving to the wood
surface energy it is adsorbed for the wood increasing its temperature and also the
difference psychrometrics. The high pressure spray uses improve these situations.

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