The aim of the study was to determine occupational exposure in Croatian wood processing industry and forest workers to harmful effects of wood dust on the risk of nose, nasal cavity and lung carcinoma. Mass concentrations of respirable particles and total wood dust were measured at two wood processing plants, three woodwork shops, and one lumbering site, where 225 total wood dust samples and 22...

spreading wood particles and attached colored materials in work places can cause many problems for woodwork industry workers. the aim of this study is to design and implement a local exhaust ventilation system to control wood dust and isocyanates simultaneously. the study was conducted on 18 workers in the paint workroom of a wood door industry. at first, an overview of the workplace indoor air...

This article contains data related to the research article entitled "A survey analysis of the wood pellet industry in Finland: Future perspectives" (S. Proskurina, E. Alakangas, J. Heinimö, M. Mikkilä, E. Vakkilainen, 2016) [1]. The dataset include information about the importance of wood pellets on the global bioenergy development and role of wood pellets on the Finnish bioenergy development. ...

Near Infrared (NIR) spectroscopy has been used for timber, pulp and paper applications for over 20 years. Despite a lot of R&D work on solid wood applications for both field and in-process use, the industry has not adopted NIR as a routine technique. Solid wood has proven to be a challenging sample type to analyse in real time by NIR as the modern timber mill processes logs at a very fast rate....

agricultural waste biomass generated from agricultural production and food processing industry are abundant, such as durian  peel, mango peel, corn straw, rice bran, corn shell, potato peel and many more. due to low commercial value, these wastes are disposed in landfill, which if not managed properly may cause environmental problems. currently, environmental laws and regulations pertaining to ...