Estimation of kernels mass ratio to total in-shell peanuts using low-cost RF impedance meter

Chari V. Kandala; Jaya Sundaram; Brad Hinson

doi:10.1117/12.846609

8 April 2010 Estimation of kernels mass ratio to total in-shell peanuts using low-cost RF impedance meter

Chari V. Kandala, Jaya Sundaram, Brad Hinson

Proceedings Volume 7649, Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2010; 76491G (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.846609
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

In this study percentage of total kernel mass within a given mass of in-shell peanuts was determined nondestructively using a low-cost RF impedance meter. Peanut samples were divided into two groups, one the calibration and the other the validation group. Each group contained 50 samples of about 100 g of peanuts. Capacitance (C), phase angle (θ) and impedance (Z) measurements on in-shell peanut samples were made at frequencies 1 MHz, 5 MHz and 9 MHz. Ten measurements on each sample set were made, to minimize the errors due to the orientation of the peanuts as they settle between the electrodes of the impedance meter, by emptying and refilling the samples after each measurement. After completing the measurements on each set, the peanuts from that set were shelled, kernels were separated and weighed. Multi linear regression (MLR) calibration equation was developed by correlating the percentage of the kernel mass in a given peanut sample set with the measured capacitance, impedance and phase angle values. This equation was used to predict the kernel mass ratio of the samples from the validation group. The fitness of the MLR equation was verified using Standard Error of Prediction (SEP) and Root Mean Square Error of Prediction (RMSEP). Also, the predictability of total kernel mass ratio was calculated by comparing the mass ratio predicted using MLR model with the actual mass ratio determined using the conventional standard method of visual determination.

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Chari V. Kandala, Jaya Sundaram, and Brad Hinson "Estimation of kernels mass ratio to total in-shell peanuts using low-cost RF impedance meter", Proc. SPIE 7649, Nondestructive Characterization for Composite Materials, Aerospace Engineering, Civil Infrastructure, and Homeland Security 2010, 76491G (8 April 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.846609

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