Fruit and Vegetable Quality Assessment via Dielectric Sensing
The demand for improved food quality has been accompanied by a technological boost. This fact enhances the possibility of improving the quality of horticultural products, leading towards healthier consumption of fruits and vegetables. A better electrical characterization of the dielectric properties...
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| author | Dalia El Khaled Nuria Novas Jose A. Gazquez Rosa M. Garcia Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro |
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| description | The demand for improved food quality has been accompanied by a technological boost. This fact enhances the possibility of improving the quality of horticultural products, leading towards healthier consumption of fruits and vegetables. A better electrical characterization of the dielectric properties of fruits and vegetables is required for this purpose. Moreover, a focused study of dielectric spectroscopy and advanced dielectric sensing is a highly interesting topic. This review explains the dielectric property basics and classifies the dielectric spectroscopy measurement techniques. It comprehensively and chronologically covers the dielectric experiments explored for fruits and vegetables, along with their appropriate sensing instrumentation, analytical modelling methods and conclusions. An in-depth definition of dielectric spectroscopy and its usefulness in the electric characterization of food materials is presented, along with the various sensor techniques used for dielectric measurements. The collective data are tabulated in a summary of the dielectric findings in horticultural field investigations, which will facilitate more advanced and focused explorations in the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-72f685a24b2d4eb2916e027a8fa789112022-12-22T02:18:16ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202015-06-01157153631539710.3390/s150715363s150715363Fruit and Vegetable Quality Assessment via Dielectric SensingDalia El Khaled0Nuria Novas1Jose A. Gazquez2Rosa M. Garcia3Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro4Departmentof Engineering, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, SpainDepartmentof Engineering, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, SpainDepartmentof Engineering, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, SpainDepartmentof Engineering, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, SpainDepartmentof Engineering, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, SpainThe demand for improved food quality has been accompanied by a technological boost. This fact enhances the possibility of improving the quality of horticultural products, leading towards healthier consumption of fruits and vegetables. A better electrical characterization of the dielectric properties of fruits and vegetables is required for this purpose. Moreover, a focused study of dielectric spectroscopy and advanced dielectric sensing is a highly interesting topic. This review explains the dielectric property basics and classifies the dielectric spectroscopy measurement techniques. It comprehensively and chronologically covers the dielectric experiments explored for fruits and vegetables, along with their appropriate sensing instrumentation, analytical modelling methods and conclusions. An in-depth definition of dielectric spectroscopy and its usefulness in the electric characterization of food materials is presented, along with the various sensor techniques used for dielectric measurements. The collective data are tabulated in a summary of the dielectric findings in horticultural field investigations, which will facilitate more advanced and focused explorations in the future.http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/15/7/15363fruitsvegetablesdielectricqualitysensingnon-destructive |
| spellingShingle | Dalia El Khaled Nuria Novas Jose A. Gazquez Rosa M. Garcia Francisco Manzano-Agugliaro Fruit and Vegetable Quality Assessment via Dielectric Sensing Sensors fruits vegetables dielectric quality sensing non-destructive |
| title | Fruit and Vegetable Quality Assessment via Dielectric Sensing |
| title_full | Fruit and Vegetable Quality Assessment via Dielectric Sensing |
| title_fullStr | Fruit and Vegetable Quality Assessment via Dielectric Sensing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fruit and Vegetable Quality Assessment via Dielectric Sensing |
| title_short | Fruit and Vegetable Quality Assessment via Dielectric Sensing |
| title_sort | fruit and vegetable quality assessment via dielectric sensing |
| topic | fruits vegetables dielectric quality sensing non-destructive |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/15/7/15363 |
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