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An indirect moisture sensor for some tropical farm produce such as yam
Author(s) -
IGE M. T.,
SUNMONU K. O.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
international journal of food science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.831
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1365-2621
pISSN - 0950-5423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1981.tb01839.x
Subject(s) - water content , moisture , environmental science , factorial experiment , mathematics , agricultural engineering , agronomy , statistics , meteorology , biology , engineering , geography , geotechnical engineering
Summary Moisture content of agricultural produce is one of the more reliable single indices for indicating storage potential. This paper reports studies into an indirect method of sensing the moisture content of yam tubers. This method, which measured a passive property (resistance) of the produce as an index of moisture content, appears to be reliable. The results of a 2 4 factorial experiment to screen for the essential factors are presented. Some results of further experiments to determine the relationship between the important factors, the resistance, and moisture content of the farm produce are also presented.