WP2: Electrical measurements methods of porous material properties
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Objectives:
- promotion of European cooperation in the field of electrical measurement of porous material properties,
- widening the research scope of the Centre on the selective methods of measurements of electro-physical processes in porous media,
- development and implementation of modern techniques and methods in monitoring physical and chemical properties of environment.
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Field installation of TDR data logger |
TDR probe field setup |
Deliverables and milestones for the package:
- widening the research scope of the Centre on the selective methods of measurements of electro-physical processes in porous media,
- contribution in research consortia to submit proposals in FP6,
- verification, unification and generalization of the existing conversion functions relating electrical voltage or current to physical properties.
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General activities:
- organization and participation on workshops, conferences and summer schools,
- visits in European Research organizations for the exchange of experience,
- preparation of the Centre to enter key actions of EC connected with environmental measurements,
- publications of related materials in the form of folders and Application Notes.
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Portable TDR soil moisture, salinity and temperature meter |
Examples of activity realized within the WP2:
- development of Time Domain Reflectometry method for simultaneous determination of soil moisture and salinity,
- adaptation of measurement methods and instruments used for soil to other porous materials used in food industry, storage and building industry and vice versa,
- enhancing existing measurement devices for soil-plant-atmosphere monitoring with wireless communication options.
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