Drying of Eucalyptus Logs from plantations with different spacing between trees

Silva, Willian Martins da; Zanuncio, Antonio José Vinha; Carvalho, Amélia Guimarães; Castro, Vinícius Rezende de; Carneiro, Angélica de Cassia Oliveira; Araújo, Solange

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Silva, Willian Martins da

Zanuncio, Antonio José Vinha

Carvalho, Amélia Guimarães

Castro, Vinícius Rezende de

Carneiro, Angélica de Cassia Oliveira

Araújo, Solange

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The adoption of dense plantations can reduce the drying time of the logs, by optimizing this step. This study evaluated the drying of eucalyptus wood from plantations with different spacing (3 × 4; 3 × 3; 2 × 3; 1 × 3 m). Five trees were selected per treatment. Logs were removed from the base and at 50% and 100% of commercial height for drying evaluation for 60 days. The diameters of the eucalyptus trees from plantations with wider spacing were bigger, and the productivity per hectare was not affected by the spacing between trees. The planting spacing did not affect the initial moisture, which was higher for those removed from the top of the trees. The logs from the base from the denser spacing showed a drying rate 2.5 times higher than the same logs from the treatment with greater spacing, reducing the final moisture from 37.2 to 18.8%. The logs removed from the top of the trees reached the equilibrium moisture after the drying period. The reduction in the planting spacing reduced the wood moisture and the difference in this parameter between the logs removed from the base and top of the eucalyptus trunks.