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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
May. 18, 2010
Applicants:
Samir Trabelsi, Athens, GA (US);
Stuart O. Nelson, Athens, GA (US);
Inventors:
Samir Trabelsi, Athens, GA (US);
Stuart O. Nelson, Athens, GA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 27/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A microwave sensor and algorithm for instantaneous and nondestructive determination of bulk density and moisture content in granular or particulate materials at a single microwave frequency, especially agricultural commodities, which uses an inexpensive microwave circuit for determining the real and imaginary parts of relative complex permittivity using an algorithm for phase correction.