Fringing field capacitance sensor for measuring the moisture content of agricultural commodities

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 240-247

  McIntosh, Robert B ^a,b   Casada, Mark E ^c  

^a IEEE

^b Nanostructures Inc   (United States)

^c GRAIN MARKETING AND PRODUCTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitance sensor; Dielectric constant; Grain storage management; Moisture content (MC); Moisture sensor

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; CORROSION RESISTANCE; PERMITTIVITY; SILOS (AGRICULTURAL);

CAPACITANCE SENSORS; GRAIN STORAGE MANAGEMENT; MOISTURE CONTENT (MC); MOISTURE SENSORS;

MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

EID: 38749150995     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2007.913140     Document Type: Article

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