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Volume 3, Issue 4, 2024

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Maintaining wheat moisture content within a safe range is of critical importance for ensuring the quality and safety of wheat. High-precision, rapid detection of wheat moisture content is a key factor in enabling effective control processes. A microwave detection system based on metasurface lens antennas was proposed in this study, which facilitates accurate, non-invasive, and contactless measurement of wheat moisture content. The system measures the attenuation characteristics of wheat with varying moisture content from 23.5 GHz to 24.5 GHz in the frequency range. A linear regression equation (coefficient of determination $\mathrm{R}^2$=0.9946) was established by using the measured actual moisture content obtained through the standard drying method, and was used as the prediction model for wheat moisture. Totally, 72 wheat samples were selected for moisture content prediction, yielding a root mean square error (RMSE) of 0.193%, mean absolute error (MAE) of 0.16%, and maximum relative error (MRE) of 5.25%. The results indicate that the proposed microwave detection system, based on metasurface lens antennas, provides an effective method for detecting wheat moisture content.

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