Determination of moisture content in oil palm fruits using a five-port reflectometer

• Main Authors: Lee, Kim Yee, Abbas, Zulkifly, Jusoh, Mohamad Ashry, You, Kok Yeow, Cheng, Ee Meng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Molecular Diversity Preservation International 2011
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/28825/1/YouKokYeow2011_DeterminationofMoistureContentinOilPalmFruitsUsingaFiveportReflectometer.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/28825/; http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s110404073
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This paper presents the development of a PC-based microwave five-port reflectometer for the determination of moisture content in oil palm fruits. The reflectometer was designed to measure both the magnitude and phase of the reflection coefficient of any passive microwave device. The stand-alone refl...