Battery-less soil moisture measurement system based on a NFC device with energy harvesting capability

M Boada, A Lazaro, R Villarino… - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel moisture sensor based on near field communication (NFC) is presented. The system
consists of a battery-less sensing device that measures temperature, relative humidity, and …

Microwave traveling-standing wave method for density-independent detection of grain moisture content

C Li, C Zhao, Y Ren, X He, X Yu, Q Song - Measurement, 2022 - Elsevier
Moisture content is the major parameter that affects the quality of grain storage,
transportation, and processing. Bulk density and multiple reflections of electromagnetic …

Measurement of water content at bare soil surface with infrared thermal imaging technology

Q Cheng, CS Tang, ZZ Lin, BG Tian, B Shi - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, infrared thermal imaging technology is adopted to measure water content at
soil surface by calibrating the linear relationship between water content at soil surface and …

A novel spectroscopy-based method using monopole antenna for measuring soil water content

M Li, KW Jwo, W Yi - Measurement, 2021 - Elsevier
Soil water content measurement is indispensable to precision agriculture. A novel soil water
content measuring method based on frequency scanning is proposed in this research. The …

Estimation of moisture content distribution in porous foam using microwave tomography with neural networks

T Lähivaara, R Yadav, G Link… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of microwave tomography (MWT) in an industrial drying process is demonstrated in
this feasibility study with synthetic measurement data. The studied imaging modality is …

Microwave tomography using neural networks for its application in an industrial microwave drying system

R Yadav, A Omrani, G Link, M Vauhkonen, T Lähivaara - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The article presents an application of microwave tomography (MWT) in an industrial drying
system to develop tomographic-based process control. The imaging modality is applied to …

A novel high-efficiency portable integrated system for synergistic harvesting of radio frequency and soil energy

G Shi, Z Shi, Y **a, S Jia, H **a, M Shi, Y Sun… - Energy Conversion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, an increasing number of researchers have been investigating the harvesting
and utilization of ambient radio frequency (RF) energy. In the process of harvesting RF …

Embeddable soil moisture content sensor based on open-end microwave coaxial cable resonator

J Guo, Y Tang, Y Wu, C Zhu, J Huang - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we propose and demonstrate a novel corrosion-resistant, embeddable open-
end coaxial cable soil moisture sensor. This microwave resonator is constructed using two …

Diameter-independent determination of apple watercore using microwave free-space and finite element methods

M Cao, Y Bu, C Gong, Y Li, J Guo, W Guo - Food Research International, 2025 - Elsevier
Watercore is a physiological disorder that impairs the quality of apples. This study proposed
a novel method to determine the apple watercore with different diameters combining …

A modified microstrip ring resonator sensor with lumped element modeling for soil moisture and dielectric predictions measurement

YL Then, KY You, MN Dimon, CY Lee - Measurement, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a modified microstrip ring resonator sensor with four-legged element
structure design for microwave soil aquametry application. Dielectric prediction based on …