ABSTRACT
This chapter describes some of the most promising applications of microwave reflectometry (MR) for monitoring and sensing purposes in the agrofood industry. The interest toward MR originates from the fact that this technique can satisfy several contrasting requirements, such as low implementation cost, real-time response, possibility of remote control, reliability, and adequate measurement accuracy. The chapter focuses on three specific applications in which MR is employed for monitoring purposes in the agrofood industry. First the basic theoretical principles behind MR are recalled and the adopted measurement strategies are discussed. Finally, some interesting test-cases related to MR-based monitoring of agrofoods are presented; in particular, the following applications are considered: Moisture measurement of granular agrofood materials, Quality control of vegetable oils and Monitoring of dehydration process of fruit and vegetables.
