In situ measurements of complex permittivity and moisture content in oil palm fruits.

• Main Authors: Lee, Kim Yee, Abbas, Zulkifly, You, Kok Yeow, Mohamed Dan, Nur Sharizan, Cheng, Ee Meng
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: EDP Sciences 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15151/1/In%20situ%20measurements%20of%20complex%20permittivity%20and%20moisture%20content%20in%20oil%20palm%20fruits.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15151/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

An in situ measurement system for oil palm fruit's permittivity and moisture content determination is presented. The instrumentation is includes a six-port reflectometer and an open ended coaxial probe which operates at 2 GHz. The developed system was tested and compared with the data obtained using commercial dielectric measurement probe and mixture model. This system is found to be practical for in situ measurement as well as fast and cost effective for oil palm fruit's properties and quality inspection.