Title :
Moisture content measurement by microwave attenuation and problems
Author :
Okamura, Seichi ; Ma, Zhihong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Shizuoka Univ., Hamamatsu, Japan
Abstract :
This paper describes about the state of a microwave moisture sensor using for a drying process of green tea production in Japan. It can measure moisture content in the standard deviation of 6.8% of the readings but has some problems to be solved for better operation in future
Keywords :
chemical sensors; drying; microwave measurement; moisture measurement; drying process; green tea production; microwave attenuation; microwave moisture sensor; moisture content measurement; Antenna measurements; Attenuation measurement; Frequency; Microwave measurements; Microwave sensors; Moisture measurement; Permittivity measurement; Phase measurement; Production systems; Water;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology Proceedings, 1998. ICMMT '98. 1998 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4308-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICMMT.1998.768257
