Use of Industrially Produced Thermally Modified Wood Residues for Production of Wood Plastic Composites
2022
Edgars Kuka

Defending
09.09.2022. 10:30, Rīgas Tehniskās universitātes Materiālzinātnes un lietišķās ķīmijas fakultātē, Paula Valdena ielā 3, 272. auditorijā

Supervisor
Jānis Kajaks, Dace Cīrule

Reviewers
Ingars Reinholds, Jānis Rižikovs, Ulrich Hundhausen

The Doctoral Thesis is devoted to the research of wood plastic composites (WPCs) made with thermally modified wood residues. Their suitability for the production of WPC has been analysed, as well as the main influencing factors. Physical, mechanical, and service properties of the obtained WPC have been studied, identifying the advantages, disadvantages, as well as the tendencies of the changes in the properties depending on various factors. Knowing that moisture resistance is one of the main shortcomings of WPC, special focus was attributed to investigation of these aspects. Different mechanisms responsible for the characteristics of these materials are also explained.


Keywords
Koksnes polimēra kompozīti, termiskā modificēšana, mitrumizturība
DOI
10.7250/9789934228018

Kuka, Edgars. Use of Industrially Produced Thermally Modified Wood Residues for Production of Wood Plastic Composites. PhD Thesis. Rīga: [RTU], 2022. 177 p.

Publication language
Latvian (lv)
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