Microwave moisture meter for rapid and nondestructive grading of peanuts

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2010, ASABE 2010

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages 3728-3740

  Trabelsi, Samir ^a   Lewis, Micah A ^b   Nelson, Stuart O ^a  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Density independent moisture testing; Dielectric properties; Microwave measurements; Moisture content; Moisture meter; Nondestructive measurements; Peanut grading; Rapid testing

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; GRADING; MEASUREMENTS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE; MOISTURE METERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PERMITTIVITY;

BULK DENSITY; DENSITY-INDEPENDENT MOISTURE TESTING; MOISTURE CONTENT; NON-DESTRUCTIVE MEASUREMENT; PEANUT GRADING; RAPID TESTING;

MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

EID: 78649717745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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