In order to obtain nozzle droplet deposition characteristics for sprayer mechanical design and variable spraying control algorithms,a nozzle droplet deposition characteristics test system for air-assisted spraying was...In order to obtain nozzle droplet deposition characteristics for sprayer mechanical design and variable spraying control algorithms,a nozzle droplet deposition characteristics test system for air-assisted spraying was designed.The test system can supply a stable wind site with precisely controlled air speed whose speed control ranges from 2 m/s to 16 m/s with maximum relative error of 4.5%.It can spray out a certain amount of liquid pesticide with adjustable spraying pressure which can be controlled with high precision while the maximum relative error is only 1.33%.The distribution of droplet deposition can be collected and measured by using the acquisition device and a pesticide deposition optical measurement system.The experiment of two-dimensional nozzle flow measurement was carried out.The results show that nozzle flow distribution is uniform and symmetric with“double-hump”shape in the spray range.Multi-nozzle overlapped droplet deposition ranges from 85%to 116%relative to the average.The nozzle droplet deposition experiment was completed.The experiment results show that in air-assisted spraying,the higher the wind speed,the less droplet deposition is affected by gravity.When the wind speed is higher than 12 m/s and spraying distance is 0.80 m,droplet deposition is concentrated on the originally designated point and hardly affected by gravity.The horizontal spray width becomes smaller with higher wind speed.When the wind speed is high,it can be considered that nozzle deposition only focuses on the nozzle center,if the position requirement is not very high in orchard spraying.展开更多
Given the impermeability,larger dosage,and higher drift of pesticides used in modern hedgerow vine canopies,a novel tunnel-convective air-assisted spraying technology was proposed.Mechanized spraying equipment with hi...Given the impermeability,larger dosage,and higher drift of pesticides used in modern hedgerow vine canopies,a novel tunnel-convective air-assisted spraying technology was proposed.Mechanized spraying equipment with high penetration and low drift was developed.The air-assisted system of this equipment was centrosymmetric,and the fan type was cross-flow.The fan outlet width was 138 mm and the air duct’s main body followed a logarithmic spiral profile,based on parallel flow theory.The external diameter of the impeller was 157 mm,which was fixed into a barrel structure by 23 strong forward-curved blades,each being 1 mm thick.The central angle of the blades was 108°,and the ratio of the internal and external diameters was 0.81.The impeller and air duct served as guides to circulate and reciprocate airflow around the crown,forming a tunnel-convective air-assisted to the vine.Using MATLAB interpolation,the airflow trajectory of the air convection circulation in the door-shaped cover was obtained.The velocity field distribution test showed that,in the case of a canopy,there were tunnel-convective circulating airflows with high velocity on both sides and uniform velocity in the middle of the canopy.Due to the tunnel-convective air-assisted spraying technology,the vertical distribution uniformity of spray deposition has been significantly improved,spray penetration has been enhanced,penetrability has been effectively improved,and droplets on the ground and in the air have been significantly reduced.The results of this study can assist in providing further optimization and improvement of plant protection machinery.The new tunnel-convective air-assisted spraying technology may be a more favorable choice for future spray applications and the environment.展开更多
基金China National 863 Project(2012AA101904)project 31201128 supported by NSFC,project KFZN2012W13-013IEA and project 2452013QN070 supported by Northwest A&F University.
文摘In order to obtain nozzle droplet deposition characteristics for sprayer mechanical design and variable spraying control algorithms,a nozzle droplet deposition characteristics test system for air-assisted spraying was designed.The test system can supply a stable wind site with precisely controlled air speed whose speed control ranges from 2 m/s to 16 m/s with maximum relative error of 4.5%.It can spray out a certain amount of liquid pesticide with adjustable spraying pressure which can be controlled with high precision while the maximum relative error is only 1.33%.The distribution of droplet deposition can be collected and measured by using the acquisition device and a pesticide deposition optical measurement system.The experiment of two-dimensional nozzle flow measurement was carried out.The results show that nozzle flow distribution is uniform and symmetric with“double-hump”shape in the spray range.Multi-nozzle overlapped droplet deposition ranges from 85%to 116%relative to the average.The nozzle droplet deposition experiment was completed.The experiment results show that in air-assisted spraying,the higher the wind speed,the less droplet deposition is affected by gravity.When the wind speed is higher than 12 m/s and spraying distance is 0.80 m,droplet deposition is concentrated on the originally designated point and hardly affected by gravity.The horizontal spray width becomes smaller with higher wind speed.When the wind speed is high,it can be considered that nozzle deposition only focuses on the nozzle center,if the position requirement is not very high in orchard spraying.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51805271)Jiangsu Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Fund(CX203172,CX181007)+1 种基金‘Qinglan Project’of Jiangsu Province(QLGC)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(KYXK2021001).
文摘Given the impermeability,larger dosage,and higher drift of pesticides used in modern hedgerow vine canopies,a novel tunnel-convective air-assisted spraying technology was proposed.Mechanized spraying equipment with high penetration and low drift was developed.The air-assisted system of this equipment was centrosymmetric,and the fan type was cross-flow.The fan outlet width was 138 mm and the air duct’s main body followed a logarithmic spiral profile,based on parallel flow theory.The external diameter of the impeller was 157 mm,which was fixed into a barrel structure by 23 strong forward-curved blades,each being 1 mm thick.The central angle of the blades was 108°,and the ratio of the internal and external diameters was 0.81.The impeller and air duct served as guides to circulate and reciprocate airflow around the crown,forming a tunnel-convective air-assisted to the vine.Using MATLAB interpolation,the airflow trajectory of the air convection circulation in the door-shaped cover was obtained.The velocity field distribution test showed that,in the case of a canopy,there were tunnel-convective circulating airflows with high velocity on both sides and uniform velocity in the middle of the canopy.Due to the tunnel-convective air-assisted spraying technology,the vertical distribution uniformity of spray deposition has been significantly improved,spray penetration has been enhanced,penetrability has been effectively improved,and droplets on the ground and in the air have been significantly reduced.The results of this study can assist in providing further optimization and improvement of plant protection machinery.The new tunnel-convective air-assisted spraying technology may be a more favorable choice for future spray applications and the environment.
