A fast and accurate technique for determination of moisture content in hevea rubber latex using an insulated monopole sensor

This paper presents a new insulated monopole sensor technique to determine the amount of moisture content in hevea rubber latex. The conventional oven drying method to determine moisture content in hevea rubber latex is too time consuming and laborious. Using insulated monopole sensor technique, cal...

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Main Authors: Ansarudin, Farizah, Abbas, Zulkifly, Ismail, Mohammad Aliff
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50675/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50675/1/_TechnicalPapers_CAFEi2012_134.pdf
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author Ansarudin, Farizah
Abbas, Zulkifly
Ismail, Mohammad Aliff
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Ismail, Mohammad Aliff
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description This paper presents a new insulated monopole sensor technique to determine the amount of moisture content in hevea rubber latex. The conventional oven drying method to determine moisture content in hevea rubber latex is too time consuming and laborious. Using insulated monopole sensor technique, calibration equations have been established relating magnitude and phase of reflection coefficient, conductance and susceptance to moisture content. These equations were in turn used to predict moisture content in rubber latex from microwave measurements. Correlation between the magnitude and phase shift of reflection coefficient, conductance and susceptance with frequency were analyzed for latex moisture content in the range from 36.95% to 82.92%. Comparison results were made between predicted and actual moisture content obtained using conventional oven drying method. Calibration equations based on the magnitude and phase of reflection coefficient, conductance and susceptance were found to be the most accurate within ±5% when compared to conventional oven drying method.
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spelling upm-506752017-03-02T06:18:36Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50675/ A fast and accurate technique for determination of moisture content in hevea rubber latex using an insulated monopole sensor Ansarudin, Farizah Abbas, Zulkifly Ismail, Mohammad Aliff This paper presents a new insulated monopole sensor technique to determine the amount of moisture content in hevea rubber latex. The conventional oven drying method to determine moisture content in hevea rubber latex is too time consuming and laborious. Using insulated monopole sensor technique, calibration equations have been established relating magnitude and phase of reflection coefficient, conductance and susceptance to moisture content. These equations were in turn used to predict moisture content in rubber latex from microwave measurements. Correlation between the magnitude and phase shift of reflection coefficient, conductance and susceptance with frequency were analyzed for latex moisture content in the range from 36.95% to 82.92%. Comparison results were made between predicted and actual moisture content obtained using conventional oven drying method. Calibration equations based on the magnitude and phase of reflection coefficient, conductance and susceptance were found to be the most accurate within ±5% when compared to conventional oven drying method. Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50675/1/_TechnicalPapers_CAFEi2012_134.pdf Ansarudin, Farizah and Abbas, Zulkifly and Ismail, Mohammad Aliff (2012) A fast and accurate technique for determination of moisture content in hevea rubber latex using an insulated monopole sensor. In: International Conference on Agricultural and Food Engineering for Life (Cafei2012), 26-28 Nov. 2012, Palm Garden Hotel, Putrajaya. (pp. 372-377). http://cafei.upm.edu.my/download.php?filename=/TechnicalPapers/CAFEi2012_134.pdf
spellingShingle Ansarudin, Farizah
Abbas, Zulkifly
Ismail, Mohammad Aliff
A fast and accurate technique for determination of moisture content in hevea rubber latex using an insulated monopole sensor
title A fast and accurate technique for determination of moisture content in hevea rubber latex using an insulated monopole sensor
title_full A fast and accurate technique for determination of moisture content in hevea rubber latex using an insulated monopole sensor
title_fullStr A fast and accurate technique for determination of moisture content in hevea rubber latex using an insulated monopole sensor
title_full_unstemmed A fast and accurate technique for determination of moisture content in hevea rubber latex using an insulated monopole sensor
title_short A fast and accurate technique for determination of moisture content in hevea rubber latex using an insulated monopole sensor
title_sort fast and accurate technique for determination of moisture content in hevea rubber latex using an insulated monopole sensor
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50675/1/_TechnicalPapers_CAFEi2012_134.pdf