Relationship between capacitance values and diesel contamination levels in crude palm oil

Measurement of crude palm oil (CPO) contamination is a major concern in CPO quality monitoring. In this study, capacitive sensing technique was used to measure diesel contamination levels in CPO. This technique was choosing because it is provide immediately real-time information of contamination in...

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Main Authors: Chin @ Hashim, Nur Fizura, Abd Aziz, Samsuzana, Saringat, Hafizan
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2012
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50662/1/_TechnicalPapers_CAFEi2012_68.pdf
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Abd Aziz, Samsuzana
Saringat, Hafizan
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description Measurement of crude palm oil (CPO) contamination is a major concern in CPO quality monitoring. In this study, capacitive sensing technique was used to measure diesel contamination levels in CPO. This technique was choosing because it is provide immediately real-time information of contamination in CPO. Low cost capacitive sensing system was developed in this study by using AD7746 capacitance to digital converter. The effect of diesel contamination levels range from 0% to 50% in CPO and the output of capacitance sensor at a room temperature (25°C) were investigated. The results showed that capacitance value decreased with increases in diesel contamination levels. The regression model for this research y=0.0002x2-0.0125x+0.9360 with r2 value of 0.96. These results indicated that capacitive sensing technique has potential for CPO quality monitoring.
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spelling upm.eprints-506622017-03-02T06:11:01Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50662/ Relationship between capacitance values and diesel contamination levels in crude palm oil Chin @ Hashim, Nur Fizura Abd Aziz, Samsuzana Saringat, Hafizan Measurement of crude palm oil (CPO) contamination is a major concern in CPO quality monitoring. In this study, capacitive sensing technique was used to measure diesel contamination levels in CPO. This technique was choosing because it is provide immediately real-time information of contamination in CPO. Low cost capacitive sensing system was developed in this study by using AD7746 capacitance to digital converter. The effect of diesel contamination levels range from 0% to 50% in CPO and the output of capacitance sensor at a room temperature (25°C) were investigated. The results showed that capacitance value decreased with increases in diesel contamination levels. The regression model for this research y=0.0002x2-0.0125x+0.9360 with r2 value of 0.96. These results indicated that capacitive sensing technique has potential for CPO quality monitoring. Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2012 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50662/1/_TechnicalPapers_CAFEi2012_68.pdf Chin @ Hashim, Nur Fizura and Abd Aziz, Samsuzana and Saringat, Hafizan (2012) Relationship between capacitance values and diesel contamination levels in crude palm oil. In: International Conference on Agricultural and Food Engineering for Life (Cafei2012), 26-28 Nov. 2012, Palm Garden Hotel, Putrajaya. (pp. 219-224). http://cafei.upm.edu.my/download.php?filename=/TechnicalPapers/CAFEi2012_68.pdf
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Relationship between capacitance values and diesel contamination levels in crude palm oil
title Relationship between capacitance values and diesel contamination levels in crude palm oil
title_full Relationship between capacitance values and diesel contamination levels in crude palm oil
title_fullStr Relationship between capacitance values and diesel contamination levels in crude palm oil
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between capacitance values and diesel contamination levels in crude palm oil
title_short Relationship between capacitance values and diesel contamination levels in crude palm oil
title_sort relationship between capacitance values and diesel contamination levels in crude palm oil
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