Numerical Analysis of the Microwave Treatment of Palm Trees Infested With the Red Palm Weevil Pest by Using a Circular Array of Vivaldi Antennas

Rmili, Hatem; Alkhalifeh, Khaldoun; Zarouan, Mohamed; Zouch, Wassim; Islam, Mohammad Tariqul

doi:10.1109/access.2020.3017517

Cited by 11 publications

(20 citation statements)

References 32 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In the study, the main focus was on the thermal treatment of the infested palm trees through the use of high-power microwaves. Based on the findings from [6,9], it was concluded that high-power microwaves are an effective mechanism for the reliable destruction of palm weevils. To the best of our knowledge, there have been no major developments or comprehensive studies for the identification of RPW gender type, especially with the help of low-power microwave sensors.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Monitoring and Identification of Red Palm Weevil Gender Using Microwave CSRR-Loaded TL Sensors

Bait-Suwailam

2023

Sensors

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper presents for the first time the design of a microwave sensing setup for the potential monitoring and identification of red palm weevil (RPW) gender type. The microwave sensor consists of a planar two-port transmission line (TL) with a single complementary split-ring resonant (CSRR) inclusion etched from the bottom metallic layer. The CSRR sensor is placed on top of a customized non-conductive container. The microwave sensing setup was designed, numerically demonstrated, fabricated and tested experimentally. Simulated results correlate quite well with the experimental data. Moreover, the sensitivity of the CSRR sensor when in close proximity to different RPW genders was evaluated both numerically and experimentally. Based on the measured results from 15 RPW samples with different body sizes, different RPW gender types showed unique microwave signatures. A notable shift in the sensor’s resonance frequency was achieved, where on average a resonant frequency shift of 10% for adult RPWs was achieved, while a 2.4% frequency change was obtained for larvae (young) RPWs. Hence, the proposed microwave sensing setup can be adopted in field trials to examine and differentiate between various RPW genders at various developmental stages.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Monitoring and Identification of Red Palm Weevil Gender Using Microwave CSRR-Loaded TL Sensors

Bait-Suwailam

2023

Sensors

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Different methodologies for RPW pest control and management have been developed, including but not limited to the use of physical principles of X-ray radiation [6], microwave thermal heating [7][8][9], acoustic waves and applications of signal processing [10][11][12], use of infrared thermal imaging [13,14], remote sensing imagery analysis [15,16], and the internet of things for continuous monitoring of palm trees [17]. The use of x-ray and gamma-radiation was applied in [6] in a controlled laboratory environment.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The study concluded that RPW is sensitive to incident radiation at various stages of RPW life cycle development. Microwave heating has been developed and reported by many authors using antennas for high power applications [9]. It can be inferred from many findings reported in microwave healing that treatment period of RPW adults from continuous microwave radiation at an incident power of 1 KWatt would need a minimum of 9 minutes or more depending on the insect, penetration depth and environment [9].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Microwave heating has been developed and reported by many authors using antennas for high power applications [9]. It can be inferred from many findings reported in microwave healing that treatment period of RPW adults from continuous microwave radiation at an incident power of 1 KWatt would need a minimum of 9 minutes or more depending on the insect, penetration depth and environment [9]. Recently, there has been much interest in the use of remote sensing imagery data in the detection of palm weevil.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Numerical Assessment of Red Palm Weevil Detection Mechanism in Palm Trees Using CSRR Microwave Sensors

Bait-Suwailam¹

2021

PIER Letters

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this paper, a numerical electromagnetic model of a low-cost detection modality for red palm weevil pests in palm trees using resonant-based microwave sensors is presented. The developed sensor is based on the complementary split-ring resonator concept. The complementary resonator is easily modelled using printed circuit board technology, where the transmission response from two ports at ends of 50 Ω-matched transmission line is recorded. The microwave sensor has been designed to work at the 2.45 GHz ISM-band and is placed underneath a finite size 3D model of a palm tree trunk infested with the red palm weevil pest. For comparison purposes, the numerical simulation results are compared against a reference case of a healthy palm trunk. The results show the capability of the proposed numerical electromagnetic model in detecting presence of the red palm weevil in palm trees.

show abstract

“…In most of the studies such as [20][21][22], important design parameters, such as the electrical characterization of the radiating antenna, reflection coefficient graphics, farfield radiation, SAR values on the tissue and other primary details that concern the engineers who will make the design, are not given sufficiently. In many studies showing details about the engineering aspects, publications are mostly limited to theoretical or simulation, antenna fabrication or measurements for application are not given [23][24][25][26][27] or the proposed designs are costly, far from being compact or production techniques of them are not suitable for mass production [25,26,[28][29][30]. In this study, different from the others, all details concerning electrical and electronic engineering, such as theoretical background, simulation, fabrication, and measurements related to the microwave heating and hyperthermia are presented.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Microwave Hyperthermia Application with Bioimplant Single Slot Coaxial Antenna Design for Mouse Breast Cancer Treatment

2021

Turk J Elec Eng & Comp Sci

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this study, a novel animal model for the breast cancer treatment which contains hyperthermia is proposed.For this main purpose a low cost, interstitial, bioimplant antenna by short ended single slot design is proposed to heat the cancerous tissues. Both the theoretical background of the proposed system and the simulation and measurement results of antenna design are presented. An artificial tissue phantom model has been created under laboratory conditions and then the utility of the proposed antenna has been tested on this model. Artificial tissues have been heated by 25W to (41-44 degrees Celcius) in a short time like 25 seconds. Temperature measurement is performed in real-time and wireless by a digital temperature sensor using an embedded system platform. In addition, the effectuality of the proposed hyperthermia system has been tested by the study on live mice. For this purpose, breast cancer tissues created under laboratory conditions have been transferred to experimental group Balb/c mice to induce breast cancer. According to the results of hyperthermia treatment, the breast cancer has been inhibited by the proposed hyperthermia system. All studies have been animal care with ethics committee approval. All experiments have been repeated three times by at least two observers independently. The results of this study give hope that the breast cancer treatment method using this new antenna could be used in humans in the future. For this, the number of such types of ablation studies using this type of antenna should increase.

show abstract

Numerical Analysis of the Microwave Treatment of Palm Trees Infested With the Red Palm Weevil Pest by Using a Circular Array of Vivaldi Antennas

Cited by 11 publications

References 32 publications

Towards Monitoring and Identification of Red Palm Weevil Gender Using Microwave CSRR-Loaded TL Sensors

Towards Monitoring and Identification of Red Palm Weevil Gender Using Microwave CSRR-Loaded TL Sensors

Numerical Assessment of Red Palm Weevil Detection Mechanism in Palm Trees Using CSRR Microwave Sensors

Microwave Hyperthermia Application with Bioimplant Single Slot Coaxial Antenna Design for Mouse Breast Cancer Treatment

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About