You, K.Y.; Lee, C.Y.; Chan, K.S.; Lee, K.Y.; Cheng, E.M.; Lee, Y.S. Monitoring Moisture Content for Various Kind of Tea Leaves in Drying Processes Using RF Reflectometer-Sensor System. Instruments2018, 2, 18.
You, K.Y.; Lee, C.Y.; Chan, K.S.; Lee, K.Y.; Cheng, E.M.; Lee, Y.S. Monitoring Moisture Content for Various Kind of Tea Leaves in Drying Processes Using RF Reflectometer-Sensor System. Instruments 2018, 2, 18.
You, K.Y.; Lee, C.Y.; Chan, K.S.; Lee, K.Y.; Cheng, E.M.; Lee, Y.S. Monitoring Moisture Content for Various Kind of Tea Leaves in Drying Processes Using RF Reflectometer-Sensor System. Instruments2018, 2, 18.
You, K.Y.; Lee, C.Y.; Chan, K.S.; Lee, K.Y.; Cheng, E.M.; Lee, Y.S. Monitoring Moisture Content for Various Kind of Tea Leaves in Drying Processes Using RF Reflectometer-Sensor System. Instruments 2018, 2, 18.
Abstract
This paper presents tea leaves moisture monitoring system based on RF reflectometry techniques. The system was divided into two parts which are the sensor and reflectometer parts. The large coaxial probe was used as a sensor of the system. The reflectometer part plays a role as signal generator and also data acquisition. The reflectometer-sensor system was operated with a graphical user interface at 1.529 GHz at room temperature. The system was able to measure the moisture content of tea leaves ranging 0% m.c to 50% m.c on a wet basis. In this study, up to five kinds of tea leaves bulk were tested. The mean of absolute errors in the moisture measurement for tea leaves was ±2.
Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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