Impedance-based moisture sensor design and test for gas-phase biofilter applications

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1613-1621

  Yang, L ^a   Wang, X ^a   Funk, T L ^a   Gates, R S ^a   Zhang, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilter; Compaction; Impedance; Moisture sensor; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; BOX COX TRANSFORMATION; GAS-PHASE BIOFILTERS; IMPEDANCE ANALYZER; IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE SENSORS; SENSOR MEASUREMENTS; SINE-WAVE SIGNALS;

COMPACTION; COMPOSTING; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOISTURE METERS; PARTICLE SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE;

BIOFILTERS;

BIOFILTRATION; CALIBRATION; COMPACTION; COMPOST; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DESIGN; FILTER; MOISTURE CONTENT; SENSOR;

EID: 84885436559     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/trans.56.10141     Document Type: Article

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