Articles
THE TECHNOLOGY OF SOIL SOLARIZATION*
Article number
255_22
Pages
189 – 196
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Abstract
A heated air fusing system for the continuous mulching of fields with polyethylene foil for soil solarization was developed.
It comprises a hot air stream for fusing, emitted from a specially designed combustion chamber (burner); the performance was examined and improved accordingly.
A series of simulation and field tests showed that while plain polyethylene film is suitable for field fusing, some additives which are in common use might interfere with the fusing process.
A gluing system was examined as a possible alternative, but none of the glues tested joined the sheets for the desired duration of time.
It comprises a hot air stream for fusing, emitted from a specially designed combustion chamber (burner); the performance was examined and improved accordingly.
A series of simulation and field tests showed that while plain polyethylene film is suitable for field fusing, some additives which are in common use might interfere with the fusing process.
A gluing system was examined as a possible alternative, but none of the glues tested joined the sheets for the desired duration of time.
Authors
A. Hetzroni, A. Grinstein
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