A WOOD STEAMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF HEATING WOOD

摘要

A wood steaming apparatus for heating wood (4) within chamber (1). Water within trough (8) is heated to generate "wet steam". Condensate is collected in collector (10) and pumped by pump (11) back to trough (8). The use of "wet steam" results in relatively uniform heating whilst maintaining relatively consistent moisture content throughout the wood. The closed loop design minimises the production of polluting condensate waste.