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Kiln Dried Sawdust?

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cfj104

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Apr 18, 2005
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I was wondering if anyone has experience using kiln dried sawdust for moisture control as opposed to cement kiln dust. Any help is appreciated!
 
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I do not have direct experience, but many years of observing physical, thermal effects on many materials, I offer the following.

Kiln dried sawdust will give a "mild" drying effect.

Cement kiln dust will give a "large" drying effect.

Many tables show cellulose vs. equilibrium data. Books have been written on the subject. Do a literature search. Not so many tables for kiln dust, but the Portland Cement Institute maintains good library information on such data. It's worth a look.




 
What type of moisture control? On what environment? What are you trying to extract the moisture from? We use klin dried sawdust extensively to stabilize drilled cutting from O&G operations.
 
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