Torrefaction is a wood thermal modification process which improves wood properties as moisture content, grindability and material homogeneity. This mild form of pyrolysis is carried out in inert atmosphere under relatively low temperatures (from 200 °C to 300 °C). Resulting thermodegradation reactions of wood polymers are essentially endothermic. Various technologies were developed and implemented in the industry (Acharya et al. 2012). The present work is devoted to develop an innovative technology aiming to improve the wood heat treatment coupling an acoustic field delivered by a sound speaker and temperature. The lab-scale reactor is illustrated on Fig. 1. Device development, characterization and first experimental results will be presented. A acoustic behaviour characterization and mapping within the reactor's cavity was executed. This characterization included the flow rate and acoustic intensity measurement at the exact sample's location in the reactor. The analyses enabled the identification of optimal acoustic frequency and intensity to produce a maximum acoustic flux around the wood sample. It has been assumed that the acoustics field within the torrefaction reactor could have the capability to modify the pressure distribution and heating medium velocity field around the wood sample modifying such way the wood surface thermal boundary layer and improving convection heat transfer. Experiments were carried out at 250 °C for 120 min under influence of two acoustic frequencies 1810 and 2696 Hz (103 and 107 dB intensities respectively). Experimentally recorded profiles of wood centre's temperature and mass yield are graphically illustrated on Fig. 2. A maximum temperature gradient of 2 °C was observed between treatments with and without acoustic. These results indicate that the acoustic fields affect the heat transfer under similar experimental conditions and consequently wood thermodegradation. Next step will be to analyse different parameters as temperature, bi