Abstract
Wood processing involves sawing, drying, gluing, coating, and so forth. Among these procedures, drying may release relatively large amounts of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from wood. The 2004 amendment of the Air Pollution Control Law stipulates regulations to control VOC emissions from factories. The wood-drying process is not subjected to legal control but depends on a voluntary approach. Nevertheless, odors from wood-processing facilities and VOC emissions from wood products have raised concerns. This study examined the emission of VOCs during wood-drying.
