Nondestructive sensing of bulk density and moisture content in unshelled and shelled peanuts from microwave permittivity measurements

ASAE Annual International Meeting 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 7295-7303

  Trabelsi, Samir ^a   Nelson, Stuart O ^b  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Complex permittivity; Microwave sensing; Moisture content; Shelled peanuts; Unshelled peanuts

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY; MICROWAVE SENSING; NONDESTRUCTIVE SENSING; UNSHELLED PEANUTS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CROPS;

BULK DENSITY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ERRORS; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE CONTENT; PEANUTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 30044436881     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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