6 th International Conference on Electromagnetic Wave Interaction with Water and Moist Substances

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1 6 th International Conference on Electromagnetic Wave Interaction with Water and Moist Substances Papers, Posters and Exhibits Conference Proceedings + CD-ROM Editor: Klaus Kupfer Co-Editors: Christof Hiibner, Eberhard Trinks, Heike Kupfer Weimar / Germany May 29 - June 1,2005 TIB/UB Hannover

2 Table of Contents Session 1: Dielectric Properties of Aqueous Materials 9 1 Polymer Chains Linked by Water Molecules. A Dielectric Spectrometry Study 11 2 Accurate Determination of Debye Relaxation Data of Polar Liquids by a Multistep Retro-modelling Technique 18 3 Admittance Derivative Spectrometry of Conducting Liquids 24 4 Accurate Dielectric Properties of Liquid Water from-15 to+40 C as Determined by Retromodelling of a Dual Resonant Applicator 32 5 Dielectric Study of Temperature-Dependent Behavior of Bound Water in Grain 41 Session 2: Dielectric Properties of Biological Substances and Tissues 47 1 Computation of Electromagnetic Fields within a Stratified Structure of Human Head 48 2 Water Effects in Hydrogels Studied by Dielectric Techniques 49 3 Dielectric Relaxation Study on Water Structure Restricted in Rice Kernel 57 4 Dielectric Properties of Water Solutions with Small Content of Sugar and Glucose in the Millimeter Wave Band and the Determination of Glucose in Blood 65 5 Research of the Complex Spectrum Interaction with Surface of Biological Tissue 73 6 Dielectric Properties of Human Semen at Microwave Frequencies 79 Session 3: Applications of Model Systems, Mixing rules, Calibration, and Reconstruction Algorithm 85 1 The Relation between Fractal Dimension and Microwave Parameters 86 2 A Unified Moisture Algorithm for Improved RF Dielectric Grain Moisture Measurements 99 3 Development of TDR-Sensors for Moist Materials Using HFSS Modelling of Electromagnetic Wave Propagation along Transmission Lines in Inhomogeneous Media The Theoretical Model of the Microwave Complex Permittivity of Grain Enhanced Integral Equation Modelling for Moisture Sensors Spatial Time Domain Reflectometry with Rod Probes 140

3 Session 4: Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Lossy Dielectrics Related to Sensors Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Polarizable Wet Media Radiofrequency Measurement of a Lossy Dielectric Liquid Content in Water Measurement of Moisture Content in a Highly Electrical Lossy Material using Time Domain Reflectometry Some Topics of Measurement of Complex Permittivity for Lossy Dielectric Materials with Wide-Range of tan Material Parameter Measurement of Soils and Liquids with a Waveguide Setup 182 Session 5: Measurement Methods High Moisture Content Measurement Using Microwave Free-Space Technique Comparison of Free Space Reflection and Transmission Time-Domain Measurements for the Determination of the Moisture Content of Bulk Materials Hydrous Profile Modeling in Porous Materials from Reflection Coefficient Measurements at 2.45 GHz Combined Frequency and Time Domain Moisture Sensing by an Ultra Wideband IQ-M-Sequence Approach A Compact Network Analyzer for Resonant Microwave Sensors 222 Session 6: Electromagnetic Sensors in Time- and Frequency Domain for Moisture Content Determination in Solids and Liquids Universal Microwave Moisture Sensor Dual Frequency Moisture Sensor Based on Circular Microstrip Antenna Characterization and Comparative Evaluation of Novel Planar Electromagnetic Sensors Trough Guide Ring Resonator for Precision Microwave Moisture and Density Measurements Simple Soil Moisture Probe for Low-Cost Measurement Applications 258

4 Session 7: Applications in Civil Engineering, Pharmaceutical Industry, Oil Industry and Quality Inspections Non-Contact Moisture Sensor for Fresh Concrete Application of Microwave Impulse Method for Measuring Moisture Profiles in Building Materials Microwave Scanning Technology for Dielectric Material Testing Measurement of Continuous Drying out of Subterranean Concrete Walls TDR Technique for Measuring the Moisture Content in Brick Measuring Moisture Profiles in FGD Gypsum Using the TDR Method Advanced Monitoring of Wetness in Pharmaceutical Powder Processes Using In-Situ Dielectric Probe Measurements Non-Destructive Microstrip Resonator Technique for the Measurement of Moisture / Permittivity in Crude Oil A Novel Application of Planar Electromagnetic Sensing Technique - Quality Inspection of Saxophone Reeds 331 Session 8: Application of Methods and Sensors to Foodstuffs and Agricultural Products New Sensor for High Moist Leaves in Green Tea Production Intangible but not Intractable: The Prediction of Food 'Quality' Variables Using Dielectric Spectroscopy Microwave Sensing for Food Structure Evaluation Effective Microwave Dielectric Properties of Food Materials Consisting of Large Particulates RF Impedance Method for Nondestructive Moisture Content Determination in In-Shell Peanuts Automatic Control of Moisture in Agricultural Products by Methods of Microwave Aquametry High resolution, Non-destructive and In-process Time Domain Aquametry for FMCG and other products using Microstrip sensors Frequency and Temperature Dependence of the Permittivity of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables 391

5 9 A Theoretical Relationship Between the Fractal Dimension and Moisture Content in Grains 399 Session 9: Moisture Content Determination in Soil, Snow and Waste Disposals Development of a Sensor for In-situ Determination of Snow, Moisture and Density Water Content Measurements in Soil Column Tests with a New Electromagnetic Moisture Sensor Alternative Surface Covering of Landfill Using the TAUPE Sealing Control System Measurement Method for Detection of Moisture Profiles in a Saline Environment 429 Session 10 : Multi-parameter Measurements for Determination of Properties such as Conductivity, Moisture, Density, etc Density-independent Moisture Measurements in Polymer Powders Using Millimeter Wave Quasi-optical Resonator Granular and Powdered Material Permittivity-density Relationships Moisture and Ion Measurement Using Microstripline Comparing Near-Field and Far-Field Dielectric Properties Measurements for Accuracy of Bulk Density and Moisture Content Determination in Grain 462 Postersession PI States of Water after the Ionising Radiation on Different Substituted Starches 472 P2 Calibration Transfer for the Unified Grain Moisture Algorithm 473 P3 Dielectric Properties of Bulk Materials and Restrictions to the Application of Two-Parameter Microwave Aquametry 481 P4 Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves by Short Thin Wire and Application to the Modeling of Composites 489 P5 Temperature Corrections for a VHF Unified Grain Moisture Algorithm 495 P6 Large-scale Sensing of Snow Pack Properties 503 P7 Comparing Time Domain Reflectometry and Electrical Resistivity Tomography Measurements for Estimating Soil Water Distribution 511

6 P8 Detecting and Monitoring Frozen Ground and Unfrozen Water Content Using Electric and Electromagnetic Techniques 519 P9 Improved Process Control of the Water Content in Biological Filtration Plants 527 P10 Experience with Detectors for Infrared Moisture Measuring 535 P11 TAUPE Sealing Monitoring System (SMS) for Landfills 541 Soil Moisture Group Karlsruhe - Current Work and Future Prospects 545 of a New Research Group Applications and Developments of Measurement Methods - an Overview Author Index XXI Exhibition XXV