x The drying method has no impact on wood’s bending strength under
controlled drying conditions.
x There is no significant difference in hardness perpendicular to the
grain between wood dried by microwaves or air circulation under
controlled drying conditions.
x The investigation of wood colour response from different drying
methods verifies that microwave drying causes less colour change than
does the air-circulation drying method.
x The developed simulation model is a very good tool to use to
demonstrate and explain the interaction between wood and microwaves
during scanning.
x The simulations using the developed microwave heating model
correspond very well to experimental temperature measurements.
x The correspondence between the 2-D FEM heat and gas mass transfer
model and the experiment is convincing.