Noncontacting determination of moisture content in bulk materials using sub-nanosecond UWB pulses

This paper presents a new approach of noncontacting moisture determination in bulk materials utilizing time-domain transmissometry. The described method is independent of the mass per area of the material under test and does not suffer from measurement ambiguities, which are well known from frequenc...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques 2005-06, Vol.53 (6), p.2107-2113
Main Authors: Schimmer, O., Gulck, A., Daschner, F., Piotrowski, J.K., Knochel, R.H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antenna measurements
Applied sciences
Area measurement
Artificial neural networks (ANNs)
Data processing
Electronics
Exact sciences and technology
Extraterrestrial measurements
Foods
Frequency domain analysis
Frequency measurement
Hardware
Materials testing
Microwaves
Moisture
Moisture content
moisture determination
multivariate calibration
Reflectometers
Regression
Space vector pulse width modulation
Testing, measurement, noise and reliability
Time domain analysis
time-domain measurements
Transmissometers
Ultra wideband technology
ultra-wideband (UWB)
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Summary:This paper presents a new approach of noncontacting moisture determination in bulk materials utilizing time-domain transmissometry. The described method is independent of the mass per area of the material under test and does not suffer from measurement ambiguities, which are well known from frequency-domain methods. Ultra-wideband quasi-Gaussian monocycle pulses are applied with a cycle width of approximately 400 ps. The measurement signal is transmitted through the material over free space using double-ridged horn antennas. The received signal is acquired in the time domain and analyzed with different methods of data processing. The results obtained with multiple linear regression, principal component analysis, and artificial neural networks are compared with each other. Furthermore, a possible hardware implementation for a dedicated time-domain transmissometer is proposed based on a earlier developed time-domain reflectometer for the determination of food quality.
ISSN:0018-9480
1557-9670
DOI:10.1109/TMTT.2005.848765