Dergiler / Tarım Makinaları Bilimi Dergisi / 2016 / Cilt: 12 - Sayı: 4
A Review of Electrostatic Spraying for Agricultural Applications
- Sayfa
- 229–233
- DOI
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Özet
Pesticides are toxic chemicals designed to control certain pests, diseases or weeds.They can easily contaminate the air, ground, water sources, wild animals, birds and aquatic lifewhen they run-off from fields. For these aspects the application of pesticide must be doneaccurately. One of the most important factors that affecting the success of application is choosingthe right equipment. New technologies on sensor and image analyzing process promoted thesuccess of application technique. Besides electrostatic spraying is a new trend to apply pesticideswith less drift potential. In recent years electrostatic spraying has been used in many otherapplications such as painting, ink printing etc. Researches have indicated electrostatic sprayingachieves better coverage of difficult targets than conventional spraying. Water consumption of thatkind of sprayers is up to 10 times less than conventional spraying. On the other hand this methodhas some difficulties and disadvantages. In this study, electrostatic spraying in agriculturalapplication was evaluated. Tractor mounted and mobile knapsack electrostatic sprayers wereexplained and some experimental results of them were discussed.
Abstract
Pesticides are toxic chemicals designed to control certain pests, diseases or weeds.They can easily contaminate the air, ground, water sources, wild animals, birds and aquatic lifewhen they run-off from fields. For these aspects the application of pesticide must be doneaccurately. One of the most important factors that affecting the success of application is choosingthe right equipment. New technologies on sensor and image analyzing process promoted thesuccess of application technique. Besides electrostatic spraying is a new trend to apply pesticideswith less drift potential. In recent years electrostatic spraying has been used in many otherapplications such as painting, ink printing etc. Researches have indicated electrostatic sprayingachieves better coverage of difficult targets than conventional spraying. Water consumption of thatkind of sprayers is up to 10 times less than conventional spraying. On the other hand this methodhas some difficulties and disadvantages. In this study, electrostatic spraying in agriculturalapplication was evaluated. Tractor mounted and mobile knapsack electrostatic sprayers wereexplained and some experimental results of them were discussed.