Green-Dri™ Wood Dryer
Let's Green-Dri your wood!!! - GD, not KD
Biological Wood Dryer GREEN-DRI™ is a revolutionary new dry kiln (actually not really a kiln since it does not cook the wood) now available to the North American wood industry. This innovative, economical wood dryer was developed from a biotechnological concept based on the Bound Water Transfer Theory developed by Mr. Toshio Ito. Professor Agre at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine was awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery of "channels" that regulate and facilitate water molecule transport through cell membranes, a natural osmotic process essential to all living organisms. GREEN-DRI utilizes these water channels in cell membranes to biologically remove the water from wood. Wood and its cells will continue to function as a living organism for a time even after being cut. GREEN-DRI utilizes this natural process to push the water out. Traditional wood drying kilns force the moisture out from the wood with a high temperature and forced air, anywhere up to 200°F, rupturing some of the cells in the process, which requires additional energy. With low heat (95°F~105°F) and small circulating fans, GREEN-DRI requires less than 10% of the energy typical conventional kiln requires. Unlike convensional method, water is not evaporated out but, in effect, sweated out of the wood in GREEN-DRI. GREEN-DRI’s double layer walls, ceiling, and floor are all made out of wood which makes it look and feel like the inside of a sauna. This wood construction is one of the key elements of this drying technology. It uses wood to dry wood, all natural and Green. Because of the constant temperature setting, no scheduling is necessary and mixture of wood (species, sizes) can be dried at the same time.
Note: Green-Dri units are offered as complete systems. It is not a kit or drawing only product. In addition to construction of the unit, installation and training are included. In most cases, only power requirement is 110VAC electricity with very low consumption rate.
KEY FEATURES
- Does not destroy the wood cells - No discoloration, very strong, last longer - GREEN
- Uses much less energy, as much as 1/20th of convetional kilns - significant saving - GREEN
- Same or Faster than converntional kilns - GREEN
- Not neccessary to follow predetermined schedules
- Various species with different sizes can be dried simultaneously = efficient usage - GREEN
- All wood construction - easy customization - renewable resource GREEN
- No Size Limitation - as small as 3ft x 3ft x 3ft or as large as 100ft long unit
- Resulting Low VOC emission - GREEN
- Less Defect = Less Wood Waste - GREEN
- NEW but Market Tested Technology - new in the US but around in Japan for over five years
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