Kiln drying of softwood timber: drying modelling, model validation and practical application.
Modelling of drying stress and board deformation for kiln drying of softwood timber.
Drying related wood properties, thermal dynamics and wood-water relationships.
Quality drying of timber: studies on wood discolouration, checking, residual drying stress, warp and instability.
Fibre processing (particularly on drying) and mat hot pressing for MDF production.
Biomass energy and bioliquid fuels. Specialised in gasification and pyrolysis of biomass for energy and liquid fuels.