• DocumentCode
    2144384
  • Title

    Measurement of the Specific Mass and the Humidity Ratio of Cigarettes

  • Author

    Bourdel, E. ; Pasquet, D. ; Denorme, P. ; Roussel, A.

  • Author_Institution
    ENSEA 6, avenue du Ponceau 95014 CERGY, France. Phone: 00.33.1.30.73.62.73, Fax: 00.33.1.30.73.66.27
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    Oct. 1998
  • Firstpage
    689
  • Lastpage
    694
  • Abstract
    A cylindrical cavity in TM010 mode is used to measure simultaneously the specific mass and the humidity ratio of cigarettes on a production line. The internal Q-factor and the resonance frequency are related to the complex permittivity of tobacco. Simple relations are proposed between the complex permittivity and the specific mass and the humidity ratio. The cavity is included into a set-up on which the principal voltages are measured in order to calculate the specific mass and the humidity ratio.
  • Keywords
    Couplings; Heating; Humidity measurement; Magnetic resonance; Mass production; Mechanical sensors; Permittivity measurement; Q factor; Resonant frequency; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 1998. 28th European
  • Conference_Location
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.1998.338239
  • Filename
    4139294