Microwave sensing technique for nondestructive determination of bulk density and moisture content in unshelled and shelled peanuts

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1563-1568

  Trabelsi, Samir ^a   Nelson, Stuart O ^a  

^a 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; SHELLED PEANUTS; UNSHELLED PEANUTS;

MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

BULK DENSITY; CALIBRATION; EQUATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; MOISTURE CONTENT; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; NUT; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BULK DENSITY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; MOISTURE CONTENT; PEANUTS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 33845622823     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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