Dielectric spectroscopy of liquids through a combined approach: Evaluation of the metrological performance and feasibility study on vegetable oils

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1226-1233

  Cataldo, Andrea ^a   Piuzzi, Emanuele ^b   Cannazza, Giuseppe ^a   De Benedetto, Egidio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microwave spectroscopy; Quality control; Scattering parameters; Time domain reflectometry; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC CHARACTERISTICS; DIELECTRIC PARAMETERS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; LIMITED DATA; MEASUREMENT CELL; METROLOGICAL ANALYSIS; METROLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; PARASITIC EFFECT; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; TIME DOMAIN; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TRANSMISSION LINE MODELS; UNCERTAINTY;

DATA PROCESSING; DIELECTRIC LIQUIDS; LUBRICATING OILS; MICROWAVE SPECTROSCOPY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SCATTERING PARAMETERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE OILS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 77955338103     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2029454     Document Type: Article

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