• DocumentCode
    2107140
  • Title

    Grain permittivity measurements in free space

  • Author

    Kraszewski, A.W. ; Trabelsi, S ; Nelson, S.O.

  • Author_Institution
    U.S Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Richard B. Russell Agricultural Research Center, Athens, GA 30604-5677, U.S.A
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    4-4 Sept. 1995
  • Firstpage
    840
  • Lastpage
    844
  • Abstract
    Requirements for a free-space microwave transmission measurement system for determining the permittivity of grain are analyzed. Experimental verification of these requirements is provided for two cultivars of hard red winter wheat of various densities, moisture contents and temperatures in the frequency range from 10 to 18 GHz. Uncertainties in the dielectric constant determination are less than ± 1%, and those for the loss factor are less than ± 3%.
  • Keywords
    Dielectric materials; Dielectric measurements; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency; Moisture; Permittivity measurement; Receiving antennas; Reflection; Reflector antennas; Transmitting antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 1995. 25th European
  • Conference_Location
    Bologna, Italy
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.1995.337080
  • Filename
    4137294