Moisture content estimation in paper pulp using fringing field impedance spectroscopy

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 378-383

  Sundara Rajan, Kishore ^a   Byrd II, Leslie ^a   Mamishev, Alexander V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Additives; Dielectric spectroscopy; Fringing electric field; Moisture measurement; Paper pulp

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PAPER; PULP; RESONANCE; SENSORS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY; FRINGING ELECTRIC FIELD; MOISTURE MEASUREMENT; PAPER FIBERS;

MOISTURE;

EID: 2542458402     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2004.824230     Document Type: Article

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