A microwave method for on-line determination of bulk density and moisture content of particulate materials

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-132

  Trabelsi, Samir ^a,b   Kraszewski, Andrzej W ^a,b   Nelson, Stuart O ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk density measurement; Dielectric properties; Microwave measurement; Moisture content measurement; Particulate materials

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

BULK DENSITY MEASUREMENT;

MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0031988355     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/19.728804     Document Type: Article

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