Woodchip humidity measurements using EM pulse propagation time

Author

Cazzorla, Alessandro ; Moschitta, Antonio ; Dionigi, Marco ; Carbone, Paolo ; D´Amico, Michele ; Fantozzi, Francesco

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Univ. of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

28-28 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

58

Lastpage

62

Abstract

In this paper, a system for measuring moisture content of wood-chip samples is presented, based on propagation time measurements of electromagnetic pulses in a two wire probe. Both simulation and experimental results are reported, validated by concurrently performed TGA measurements. It is shown that the proposed approach may be advantageous, since it features a good sensitivity and a very high measurement speed.

Keywords

biofuel; humidity measurement; thermal analysis; EM pulse propagation time; TGA measurement; biofuel; electromagnetic pulse; moisture content measurement; propagation time measurement; thermogravimetric analysis; two wire probe; woodchip humidity measurement; Dielectric measurements; Materials; Moisture; Probes; Time domain analysis; Time measurement; Wires; Moisture Content; Thermo-Gravimetric Analysis; dielectric constant; propagation time;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Environmental Energy and Structural Monitoring Systems (EESMS), 2012 IEEE Workshop on

Conference_Location

Perugia

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2739-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EESMS.2012.6348404

Filename

6348404