Propagation of EM Waves Through Biomaterial Based on Harvest Waste - Influence of Biomaterial Density, Moisture and Temperature
摘要
This paper deals with the simulation calculation of the transmission (S21) parameter in a biomaterial calculated parametrically on the basis harvest waste (residues) as a function of the density, moisture and temperature of the material. Since this material is essentially wood, empirical and semi-empirical models are used to determine the electromagnetic parameters of the wood material as a function of the density, moisture and temperature of the material according to the available literature. The structural - geometric and environmental parameters of the material that are the subject of the research are: density, moisture and temperature of the material, and the electromagnetic parameters that “describe” them are: relative permittivity εr, loss tangent tan δ and electrical conductivity σ. The simulation model is based on a system for measuring coupling parameters in free space, which consists of two antennas, between which a 600 × 600 mm sample of the biomaterial is placed, and a network analyzer. With increasing density and moisture significantly increases the relative dielectric constant, the loss tangent and the electrical conductivity of the measured biosamples. The temperature change in a wide temperature range (20 ℃–100 ℃) has no significant influence on the electromagnetic parameters. The measured results were used to verify the simulation model.