Effect of nanofluids on the readability of RFID tags

Abstract

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology is becoming increasingly popular in the area of supply chain management, to track and record shipments in retail and manufacturing industries. This paper focuses on the readability of RFID tags in the presence of various nanofluids at different concentrations on a conveyor belt which is a typical packaging environment. Several variables tested in this experiment were different types of nanofluids at several concentrations, different speeds of the conveyor. Antenna type, and the distance of the tag from the antenna were kept constant throughout the experiment. The data was analyzed using nested factorial design to examine the significance of the main factors.