Abstract
A method that permits the determination of moisture content in biofuel in a fast and representative way is under development. The method uses radio frequency waves within the range of 310 MHz to 800 MHz and measures the reflection coefficient in samples with volume of about 0.1 m3. The influence of sample temperature in the measurements is shown in this study. Two biofuel types were used, with moisture content varying between 31% and 63% and temperature varying between 1degC and 63degC. The data was evaluated with multivariate data analysis. Results show that it is not possible to identify the sample temperature as a principal component in a principal component analysis and partial least squares regression shows no correlation between temperature and the radio frequency data. For the frequency interval and the temperature range studied, it was not possible to detect any influence of sample temperature on moisture content prediction with the radio frequency method
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