A NEW METHOD FOR THE RAPID ESTIMATION OF MOISTURE IN WHEAT

1929 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. F. Burton ◽  
Arnold Pitt
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Rapid Method ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Alternating Current ◽  
New Method ◽  
Rapid Estimation ◽  
Alternating Electric Field

A rapid method of estimating the moisture in a sample of wheat is described. This method depends on the effect produced in a specially arranged radio circuit in which an alternating current of high frequency is generated. When a container holding some of the wheat under examination is introduced into the rapidly alternating electric field, a change occurs in the strength of the current which may be measured by an ammeter in the circuit and which may be immediately interpreted as a measure of the moisture content of the wheat.

Formation of Regular Domain Structures in Quenched Ferroelectrics Under the Influence of an External High-frequency Electric Field

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 344-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.I. Stefanovich ◽  
O.Y. Mazur ◽  
V.V. Sobolev
Keyword(s):  
Lithium Niobate ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Domain Structure ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Evolution Equations ◽  
Regular Domain ◽  
Field Frequency ◽  
Domain Structures ◽  
Alternating Electric Field ◽  
Lithium Niobate Crystals

Introduction: Within the framework of the phenomenological theory of phase transitions of the second kind of Ginzburg-Landau, the kinetics of ordering of a rapidly quenched highly nonequilibrium domain structure is considered using the lithium tantalate and lithium niobate crystals as an example. Experimental: Using the statistical approach, evolution equations describing the formation of the domain structure under the influence of a high-frequency alternating electric field in the form of a standing wave were obtained. Numerical analysis has shown the possibility of forming thermodynamically stable mono- and polydomain structures. It turned out that the process of relaxation of the system to the state of thermodynamic equilibrium can proceed directly or with the formation of intermediate quasi-stationary polydomain asymmetric phases. Results: It is shown that the formation of Regular Domain Structures (RDS) is of a threshold character and occurs under the influence of an alternating electric field with an amplitude less than the critical value, whose value depends on the field frequency. The conditions for the formation of RDSs with a micrometer spatial scale were determined. Conclusion: As shown by numerical studies, the RDSs obtained retain their stability, i.e. do not disappear even after turning off the external electric field. Qualitative analysis using lithium niobate crystals as an example has shown the possibility of RDSs formation in high-frequency fields with small amplitude under resonance conditions

scholarly journals Factors affecting the temperature increasing rate in arc-shaped bamboo pieces during high-frequency heating

BioResources ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 2656-2667
Author(s):  
Feihu Chang ◽  
Yanhe Liu ◽  
Bin Zhang ◽  
Wansi Fu ◽  
Pengfei Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Heating Rate ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Chord Length ◽  
High Frequency Electric Field ◽  
Frequency Electric Field ◽  
Frequency Heating

In the process of applying the high-frequency heating technology to bamboo heat treatment, controlling the material temperature has a great influence on the quality of bamboo forming. Therefore, research on the heat transfer mechanism of high-frequency heating of arc-shaped bamboo pieces is of great importance. In this paper, the influence of different moisture content, chord length, and plate voltage on the heating rate of arc-shaped bamboo pieces under high-frequency electric field were studied. The moisture content of bamboo had the most remarkable effect on the heating rate. With increased moisture content, the temperature rose faster. The selection of the plate voltage had an obvious influence on the heating. If the voltage was low, the heating rate was too slow, the heating time was long, or the voltage was high, it was easy to cause electric field breakdown and damage the bamboo pieces. As the chord length decreased, the heating rate gradually increased. When the radian of the arc-shaped bamboo pieces could be ignored, the heating rate was the fastest. The results showed that under certain conditions, the arc-shaped bamboo pieces showed a good heat treatment effect in a high-frequency electric field.

Transient fluorescence studies on sepiolite suspensions

Clay Minerals ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Ridler ◽  
B. R. Jennings
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Cation Exchange ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Cation Exchange Capacity ◽  
Exchange Capacity ◽  
Dye Molecules ◽  
Fluorescence Studies ◽  
Clay Surface ◽  
Emission Transition ◽  
Alternating Electric Field

AbstractMeasurements have been made of the transient changes in the polarized components of fluorescence when aqueous suspensions of dye-tagged sepiolite particles were subjected to pulses of high frequency alternating electric field. The dye was acridine orange, a planar, cationic molecule. From these measurements, the size and electrical prolarizability of the sepiolite particles was evaluated and the directions of the absorption and emission transition moments responsible for the fluorescence of the dye located. The dye molecules were shown to adsorb on the clay surface with their long axes parallel to the sepiolite rods. Adsorption of the dye molecules in the surface channels of the clay was indicated. The electrical polarizability was considered and compared with the cation exchange capacity of the mineral. A novel, rapid means of studying clay minerals is indicated hereby.

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