Program Overview

Environmental and Economical Aspects of Wood Protection and Wood Modification

Course Description

The course focuses on the environmental and economical aspects of wood protection and modification. It covers various topics, including biocidal and non-biocidal wood protection, thermal wood modification, chemical wood modification, and modification with impregnation.

Course Details

• Lecturer: Miha Humar
• Semester: 1
• Lectures: 50 hours
• Seminars: 15
• Laboratory tutorials: 45
• Credit points: 9 cp

Content (Syllabus Outline)

• Biocidal and non-biocidal wood protection
• Background of the wood modification
• Thermal wood modification
• Chemical wood modification
• Modification with impregnation
• Modification with biotechnological approaches
• Properties of modified wood
• Development of the modification processes
• Use of modified wood
• Patent pending and intellectual rights
• Natural durability and service life of wood
• Service life of the Slovenian and foreign wood species
• Standardisation and wood protection
• Decision making and wood protection
• Service life prediction
• Economic aspects and wood protection
• Environmental aspects and wood protection
• Service life prediction of impregnated wood
• Recovered wood
• Contaminants in wood
• Use of recovered wood

Prerequisites

• Entry in the corresponding year of the study programme
• Terms of prerequisites:
  1. Colloquium from tutorials
• Prerequisite for exam and practical examination is minimal 90% presence at practical course.
• Carried out an experiment
• Written report
• Examination
• Finished tutorials
• Conducted a seminar