ELECTRICAL METHODS OF MEASURING MOISTURE OF PAPER

Abstract

Aioisture content of paper is important both for the manufacturers and users. Proper moisture content in paper is possible only with accurate instruments used both in production line and laboratory. The present dissertation. work consists of the development of electrical type paper moisture meters both for on-line and laboratory applications and their performance analysis was undertaken. Developed instruments are based on resistance change of paper with moisture for on-line use and capacitance change of a parallel plate capacitor with change in the dielectric constant of paper with moisture for laboratory use. Encouraging results were obtained from their analysis. Based on this work) prototypes can be developed. Scope of future research in this area becomes clear and the developed instruments can also be improved to obtain better results.