Design, development and calibration of a portable capacitive moisture meter

Sensors and Transducers

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 24-32

  Soltani, Mahmoud ^a   Alimardani, Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Capacitive sensor; Instrument; Moisture content

Indexed keywords

CAPACITIVE SENSOR; FAST RESPONSE; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; MICROWAVE DRYING; MOISTURE CONTENTS; PORTABLE INSTRUMENT; PRECISION AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DRYING; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE SENSORS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

MOISTURE;

EID: 81255149734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17265479     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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