Optical sensor for noncontact measurement of lignin content in high-speed moving paper surfaces

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1132-1139

  Ramasubramanian, M K ^a   Venditti, Richard A ^b   Ammineni, Chandini ^c   Mallapragada, Vishnu ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CATERPILLAR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Lignin; Optical sensor; Paper; Recycling; Sorting

Indexed keywords

CONTACT MEASUREMENT; PAPER SURFACES; SENSOR CONFIGURATION; SOURCE INTENSITY;

CONTACT ANGLE; FLUORESCENCE; LIGNIN; NEWSPRINT; PAPER; RECYCLING; SORTING;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

CONTACT ANGLE; FLUORESCENCE; LIGNINS; NEWSPRINT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PAPER; RECYCLING; SENSORS; SORTING;

EID: 27744474957     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2005.851007     Document Type: Article

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