Guilin is a famous karst area, and currently the view that the disintegration of red clay will cause soil cave collapse is increasingly recognized. In order to study the influence of the coupling effect of moisture content and void ratio on the disin...
For food drying, moisture content and shrinkage are vital in the drying process. This paper is concerned with the moisture ratio modeling and prediction issues of the Hami melon drying process. First, an experimental system was developed; it included...
As an agricultural plant, the cantaloupe contains rich nutrition and high moisture content. In this paper, the estimation problem of the moisture ratio model during a cantaloupe microwave drying process was considered. First of all, an image processi...
It is found that the remote sensing parameters such as spectral range, spectral resolution and signal-to-noise ratio directly affect the estimation accuracy of soil moisture content. However, the lack of research on the relationship between the param...
Tangerine peel, rich in moisture (75–90%) and medicinal value, requires drying to prevent spoilage and extend shelf life. Traditional heat pump drying often causes uneven airflow, leading to inconsistent drying and nutrient loss, compromising p...
Soil moisture content (SMC) is an indispensable basic element for crop growth and development in agricultural production. Obtaining accurate information on SMC in real time over large agricultural areas has important guiding significance for crop yie...
The results of investigations on shaping the soil moisture ratio in the mountain basin of the Mątny stream located in the Gorce region, Poland, are presented. A soil moisture ratio was defined as a ratio of soil moisture in a given point in a basin t...
As water resources are becoming increasingly scarce in the North China Plain, irrigation strategies that simultaneously improve grain yield and reduce irrigation water input are needed for winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) production. Current irrig...
Wheat gluten (WG) and peanut protein powder (PPP) mixtures were extruded at high moisture to investigate the potential application of this mixture in meat analog production. Multiple factors, including the water absorption index (WAI), water solubili...
Cohesive and non-cohesive soils show a number of properties typical of a given category. Cohesive soils are characterized by cohesion, and the properties of compacted soils closely depend on moisture at compaction. However, many researchers have foun...
In this research, we developed and evaluated a new scheme for merging soil moisture (SM) retrievals from both passive and active microwave satellite estimates, based on maximized signal-to-noise ratios, in order to produce improved SM products using...
Nowadays, solid organic waste is of major environmental concern and is reaching critical levels worldwide. Currently, a form of natural decomposition, known as composting technology, is widely used to deal with organic waste. This method is applied t...
The research aims to examine the distribution of porosity and the combined heat and moisture movement while grains are being dried. This research concerns the porosity and flow of soybeans with different particle size ratios and the drying of soybean...
Evaluation of soil properties in highway design is an important but time-consuming task that does not always provide the necessary information to detect issues associated with changes in soil properties along the road project. California Bearing Rati...
Cigarette butts are an important human firebrand and account for a significant amount of man-made fires. To better address forest fires caused by cigarette butts, the influencing factors governing the ignition probability of cigarette butts can be us...
As a cigarette butt falls onto the forest surface fuel, it first smolders the fuel, then ignites into flames, and spreads as forest fire under certain conditions. In this study, the needles under a typical stand of P. massoniana were used as the rese...
Drying as an effective method for preservation of crop products is affected by various conditions and to obtain optimum drying conditions it is needed to be evaluated using modeling techniques. In this study, an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system...
Previous research has shown that the accumulated temperature can describe drying processes as well as crop growth. To describe the mass and heat transfer processes in the rice drying process more accurately, a mathematical model of rice drying was pr...
Designing asphalt mixtures for pavement construction by controlling the moisture-mediated damage remains challenging. With the progression of time, this type of damage can accelerate deterioration via fatigue cracking and rutting unless inhibited. In...
The mechanical properties of most asphalt binders may not be sufficient to withstand the increased load requirements experienced by flexible pavement in practice, especially in regions notorious for severe climatic conditions. This necessitated the n...
The Global Navigation Satellite System Interferometric Reflectometry (GNSS-IR) technique provides a new remote sensing method that shows great potential for soil moisture detection and vegetation growth, as well as for climate research, water cycle m...
This article aims to attempt to increase the number of satellites that can be used for monitoring soil moisture to obtain more precise results using GNSS-IR (Global Navigation Satellite System-Interferometric Reflectometry) technology to estimate soi...
The accuracy and reliability of soil moisture retrieval based on Global Positioning System (GPS) single-star Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) data is low due to the influence of spatial and temporal differences of different satellites. Therefore, this pap...
The distinct co-occurrence of soil water content (SWC) and vapor pressure deficit (VPD) influences ecosystem water use efficiency (WUE) by modifying the synergistic relationship between gross primary productivity (GPP) and evapotranspiration (ET), ye...
Moisture-induced damage is a serious problem that severely impairs asphaltic pavement and affects road serviceability. This study examined numerous variables in asphalt concrete mixtures to assess their impact on moisture damage resistance. Mix desig...
Effective mapping and monitoring of soil moisture content (SMC) in space and time is an expected application of remote sensing for agricultural development and drought mitigation, particularly in the context of global climate change impact, given tha...
Moisture-induced damage is one of the primary causes of premature distress in asphalt pavements, leading to reduced service life and increased maintenance costs. Although nanomaterials have shown potential in enhancing asphalt performance, the underl...
The Global Navigation Satellite System-Interferometry and Reflectometry (GNSS-IR) technique on soil moisture remote sensing was studied. A semi-empirical Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) model was proposed as a curve-fitting model for SNR data routinely c...
Artemisia frigida (subshrub) communities, which are indicators of grassland degradation, are widespread in overgrazed Eurasian steppes. After 4–6 years of enclosure, the community can recover to an Agropyron cristatum-dominated grass community....
Wheatgrass is a valuable source of nutrients and phytochemicals with therapeutic properties. However, its shorter life span makes it unavailable for use. So, storage-stable products must be developed through processing in order to enhance its availab...
The growth and quality of licorice depend on various environmental factors, including the local climate and soil properties; therefore, its cultivation is often unsuccessful. The current study investigated the key factors that affect the contents of...
This study evaluates the performance of asphalt concrete incorporating steel slag aggregates coated with recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The aim was to enhance adhesion between aggregate and binder while addressing environmental concerns r...
Clay soil has poor engineering properties such as poor permeability and low shear strength. Waste steel slag is an industrial by-product formed in the furnace during the steelmaking process which has high quality, durability, anti-slip properties, ge...
Destructuring settlements due to frost heave during the structures’ exploitation are often not taken into account at the designing stage, although they are indirectly related to the bearing capacity of the soils. The objective of this research...
A balanced and moist wound environment and surface increases the effect of various growth factors, cytokines, and chemokines, stimulating cell growth and wound healing. Considering this fact, we tested in vitro and in vivo water evaporation rates fro...
An enlarged range of scallop products on the market allows the consumer to buy lower priced alternatives, which often raises the question of quality and control. Frozen meat of king scallops (Pecten maximus) and Atlantic sea scallops (Placopecten mag...
We developed a telemetry-driven scheduler that recommends hour-by-hour operating windows for a small solar dryer used for Moro-Moro fish. Operational logs and moisture-ratio (MR) trajectories are aligned with solar resource descriptors and chamber th...
The objective of this study was to carry out a study on continuous and intermittent drying (intermittency ratio α = 2/3) of osmotically pretreated melon pieces, cut in the form of a parallelepiped. An osmotic dehydration pretreatment was perfor...
This study considers the potential of utilizing waste glass powder as a sustainable additive to improve the characteristics of clay subgrade soils. A comprehensive experimental program was designed, wherein a selected clay soil was amended with four...
Lateritic soil, a prevalent geological material in tropical regions, often exhibits poor engineering properties, leading to road pavement failures. Meanwhile, the alarming rise in plastic waste poses environmental concerns. This innovative study expl...
This study reports on the investigation of the performance of single and two-stage liquid and solid desiccant dehumidification systems and two-stage combined liquid and solid desiccant dehumidification systems with reference to humid climates. The re...
The increasing reliance on chemical fertilizers has raised environmental concerns and highlighted the need for sustainable alternatives. This study aimed to (i) optimize the carrier-to-substrate ratios and moisture content during composting with pota...
Inadequate fibrous attributes and prohibitive pricing are pivotal barriers to the broader market penetration of meat analogs (MAs). This research endeavors to address these impediments by formulating a blend of cost-effective soybean meal (SM) and pe...
Common grassland management practices affect plant and soil element stoichiometry, but the primary environmental factors driving variation in plant C/N ratios for different species in different types of grassland management remain poorly understood....
There are two problems with using global navigation satellite system-interferometric reflectometry (GNSS-IR) to retrieve the soil moisture content (SMC) from single-satellite data: the difference between the reflection regions, and the difficulty in...
One of the crucial factors in grain storage is appropriate moisture content, which plays a significant role in reducing storage losses and ensuring quality. However, currently available humidity sensors on the market fail to meet the demands of moder...
Global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-reflectometry is a type of remote sensing technology and can be applied to soil moisture retrieval. Until now, various GNSS-R soil moisture retrieval methods have been reported. However, there still exist som...
Porous asphalt has been used for permeable pavement to improve safety of roadways and the effectiveness of storm water management. As a surface drainage layer with frequent exposure to water, this material is affected by moisture. In this study, dyna...
In this study, the drying time, effective moisture diffusivity (Deff), specific energy consumption (SEC), and quality (color, shrinkage, and rehydration) of the ultrasound-pretreated (US) carrot slices were compared when dried by hot air drying (HD),...
Online microwave drying process monitoring has been challenging due to the incompatibility of metal components with microwaves. This paper developed a microwave drying system based on online machine vision, which realized real-time extraction and mea...
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