Title :
Microwave sensing of moisture content in wine corks
Author :
Despres, V. ; Akyel, C.
Author_Institution :
Poly-Grames Res. Centre, Ecole Polytech. de Montreal, Que., Canada
Abstract :
In order to determine the moisture content of wine corks a different method using resonant cavities is proposed. The classical perturbation formula is then slightly modified to detect the percentage of water content in anisotropic material like wine corks
Keywords :
cavity resonators; chemical sensors; microwave measurement; moisture measurement; perturbation techniques; anisotropic material; microwave sensing; moisture content; perturbation method; resonant cavity; water content; wine cork; Dielectric constant; Dielectric losses; Dielectric measurements; Frequency measurement; Intelligent networks; Moisture measurement; Permittivity measurement; Q factor; Resonant frequency; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference Proceedings, 1997. APMC '97, 1997 Asia-Pacific
Print_ISBN :
962-442-117-X
DOI :
10.1109/APMC.1997.656410
