Microwave and Radio-Frequency Technologies in Agriculture An Introduction for Agriculturalists and Engineers

Humanity's ability to produce enough food is mostly due to adoption of new methods and technologies by the agricultural industries as they became available. New information, communication and high speed processing and precision agriculture technologies have the potential to transform the agricu...

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Otros Autores: Brodie, Graham, autor (autor), Farrell, Peter, autor, Jacob, Mohan V., autor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Warsaw ; Berlin : De Gruyter Open Poland [2015]
Colección:De Gruyter Open Access ebooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b43319671*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Section 1: General Introduction
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Some Brief Examples of Technical Innovation in Agricultural Industries
  • 3 A Brief Overview of Radio Frequency and Microwave Applications in Agriculture
  • 4 Microwaves and their Interactions with Materials
  • Section 2: Non-destructive Characterisation using Electromagnetic Waves
  • 5 Section Introduction
  • 6 Techniques for Measuring Dielectric Properties
  • 7 Dielectric Properties of Organic Materials
  • 8 Insect and Decay Detection
  • 9 Moisture Monitoring
  • 10 Radar Imaging
  • 11 Electromagnetic Survey Techniques
  • Section 3: Dielectric Heating
  • 12 Section Introduction
  • 13 Dielectric Heating
  • 14 Simultaneous Heat and Moisture Movement
  • 15 Microwave Drying
  • 16 Radio Frequency and Microwave Processing of Food
  • 17 Microwave Applicators
  • 18 Quarantine and Biosecurity
  • 19 Weed Management
  • 20 Treatment of Animal Fodder
  • 21 Wood Modification
  • 22 Microwave Assisted Extraction
  • 23 Thermal Processing of Biomass
  • Section 4: Automatic Data Acquisition and Wireless Sensor Networks
  • 24 Section Introduction
  • 25 Data Acquisition
  • 26 Radio Frequency and Microwave Communication Systems
  • 27 Wireless Ad Hoc Sensor Networks
  • 28 RFID Systems
  • 29 Conclusions.