The commercial open-ended coaxial probe(Agilent 85070E)is the most commonly used sensor to determine the permittivity of wet materials.This paper extends the usability and applicability of the sensor to the estimation...The commercial open-ended coaxial probe(Agilent 85070E)is the most commonly used sensor to determine the permittivity of wet materials.This paper extends the usability and applicability of the sensor to the estimation of moisture content in Hevea Rubber Latex.The dielectric constant and loss factor were measured using the commercial probe whilst the moisture contents were obtained using the standard oven drying method.Comparison results were obtained between the different dielectric models to predict moisture content in latex.Both the dielectric constant and the loss factor of rubber latex linearly increased with moisture content at all selected frequencies.Calibration equations were established to relate both the dielectric constant and the loss factor with moisture content.These equations were used to predict moisture content in Hevea latex from measured values of the dielectric constant and the loss factor.The lowest mean relative error between actual and predicted moisture contents was 0.02 at 1 GHz when using the Cole-Cole dielectric constant calibration equation.展开更多
The complex permittivity of targeted objects is an important factor that influences its microwave radiation and scattering characteristics.In the quantitative research of microwave remote sensing,the study of the diel...The complex permittivity of targeted objects is an important factor that influences its microwave radiation and scattering characteristics.In the quantitative research of microwave remote sensing,the study of the dielectric properties of the vegetation to establish the relationship between its specific physical parameters and complex permittivity is fundamental.In this study,six categories of vegetation samples were collected at the city of Zhangye,a key research area of the Heihe watershed allied telemetry experimental research.The vector network analyzer E8362B was used to measure the complex permittivity of these samples from 0.2 to 20 GHz by the coaxial probe technique.The research focused mainly on the corn leaves,and an empirical model was established between the gravimetric moisture and the real/imaginary parts of complex permittivity at the main frequency points of microwave sensors.Furthermore,the empirical model and the classical Debye-Cole model were compared and verified by the measured data collected from the Huailai County of Hebei Province.The results show that the newly- established empirical model is more accurate and more practical as compared to the traditional Debye-Cole model.展开更多
基金Ministry of Science,Technology and Innovation(MOSTI)for National Science Fellowship(NSF).
文摘The commercial open-ended coaxial probe(Agilent 85070E)is the most commonly used sensor to determine the permittivity of wet materials.This paper extends the usability and applicability of the sensor to the estimation of moisture content in Hevea Rubber Latex.The dielectric constant and loss factor were measured using the commercial probe whilst the moisture contents were obtained using the standard oven drying method.Comparison results were obtained between the different dielectric models to predict moisture content in latex.Both the dielectric constant and the loss factor of rubber latex linearly increased with moisture content at all selected frequencies.Calibration equations were established to relate both the dielectric constant and the loss factor with moisture content.These equations were used to predict moisture content in Hevea latex from measured values of the dielectric constant and the loss factor.The lowest mean relative error between actual and predicted moisture contents was 0.02 at 1 GHz when using the Cole-Cole dielectric constant calibration equation.
基金supported by the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology(Grant Nos.2011AA120403&2010CB951403)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41101391)
文摘The complex permittivity of targeted objects is an important factor that influences its microwave radiation and scattering characteristics.In the quantitative research of microwave remote sensing,the study of the dielectric properties of the vegetation to establish the relationship between its specific physical parameters and complex permittivity is fundamental.In this study,six categories of vegetation samples were collected at the city of Zhangye,a key research area of the Heihe watershed allied telemetry experimental research.The vector network analyzer E8362B was used to measure the complex permittivity of these samples from 0.2 to 20 GHz by the coaxial probe technique.The research focused mainly on the corn leaves,and an empirical model was established between the gravimetric moisture and the real/imaginary parts of complex permittivity at the main frequency points of microwave sensors.Furthermore,the empirical model and the classical Debye-Cole model were compared and verified by the measured data collected from the Huailai County of Hebei Province.The results show that the newly- established empirical model is more accurate and more practical as compared to the traditional Debye-Cole model.
