• DocumentCode
    2445508
  • Title

    Investigation on the dependency of the electrical capacitance on the moisture content of wood pellets

  • Author

    Fuchs, Anton ; Moser, Michael J. ; Zangl, Hubert

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Electr. Meas. & Meas. Signal Process., Graz Univ. of Technol., Graz
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    Nov. 30 2008-Dec. 3 2008
  • Firstpage
    661
  • Lastpage
    665
  • Abstract
    This paper discusses approaches for online moisture determination of wood pellets by means of capacitive sensing. Two different electrode topologies, one based on parallel plates and the other on a planar structure, are analysed and tested using a laboratory prototype in a drying chamber. In a further investigation, the susceptibility of the topologies on the orientation of tested wood pellets is examined.
  • Keywords
    capacitive sensors; moisture measurement; wood; capacitive sensing; electrical capacitance; moisture content; wood pellets; Capacitance measurement; Dielectric materials; Electric variables measurement; Electrodes; Laboratories; Moisture measurement; Permittivity; Solids; Testing; Topology; capacitive sensing; moisture content; wood pellets;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Sensing Technology, 2008. ICST 2008. 3rd International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tainan
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2176-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2177-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSENST.2008.4757188
  • Filename
    4757188