Abstract
Recent changes in legislation and public image in Europe and North America have lead to an increasing interest in wood modification as alternative for preservative treated wood. Acetylation of wood is probably the best-studied modification process at lab scale. Acetylation of solid wood has been studied in a 2500 1 reactor on commercial, full-size lumber. The main properties of interest are durability, dimensional stability, UV-stability, strength properties, gluability, and paintability. Very favourable results were obtained on the above properties with a commercial size process. Durability class 1, dimensional stability up to 70% ASE, good UV-stabilisation, equal stiffness and bending strength, good gluability and excellent paintability are technically feasible for lumber of commercial thickness. At present, Titan Wood is building a commercial plant for the acetylation of solid timber in the Netherlands, and other possible commercial ventures are being examined elsewhere.
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