Fuel and material utilization of a waste shiitake (Lentinula edodes) mushroom bed derived from hardwood chips II thermal conductivity of compression-dried waste mushroom beds

Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 4 Comparison of the thermal conductivity of waste mushroom bed with the same air-dry density band

Waste mushroom bed	n	Air-dry density¹ (kg/m³)		Thermal conductivity (W/mK)
Waste mushroom bed	n	Mean	Band	Mean² ± std³
H₁₂₀	8	259	222–296	0.058^a ± 0.003
H₆₀	10		233–275	0.051^b ± 0.003
H₅₀	4		248–269	0.053^b ± 0.002
H₅₀	12	327	302–367	0.057 ± 0.004
H₃₀	6	327	313–350	0.055 ± 0.002
H₃₀	14	426	413–441	0.060 ± 0.004
H₂₅	4	426	419–433	0.058 ± 0.001