A monitoring system for a wood drying kiln

A monitoring system for a wood drying kiln having a housing with an interior wall surface, an area within the housing for placement of a charge of wood for drying of the charge of wood, and means for heating and humidifying the interior of the wood drying kilns, the monitoring system comprising: support means positioned adjacent the interior wall surface for supporting a representative sample of the charge of wood adjacent the interior wall surface and remote from the charge of wood; sensor means operatively connected to the support means for sensing a physical characteristic of the sample which is a function of moisture content in the sample; signal generation means operatively connected to the sensor means for generating a signal corresponding to moisture content of the sample as a function of the physical characteristic; control means operatively connected to the means for heating and humidifying the interior of the kiln and to the signal generation means for controlling the heat and humidity within the kiln in response to the signal received from the signal generation means;
A monitoring system for a wood drying kiln having a housing with an interior wall surface, an area within the housing for placement of a charge of wood for drying of the charge of wood, and means for heating and humidifying the interior of the kiln during a drying process