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ENGINEERING MODELS OF AIR ASSISTANCE ORCHARD SPRAYERS
Article number
372_9
Pages
75 – 82
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Abstract
An analytical model is described for estimating the penetration into horticultural row crops given by a two-dimensional plane jet of a moving air-assistance sprayer.
The validation of the model is established by comparing its output with measurements of air-jet penetration into an analogue of a crop with non-responding leaves and variable leaf spacing.
A Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) package called FLUENT has been used to apply the crop model, used in the analytical solution, to study other design and operational aspects of air-assistance spraying.
A simulation of an air-assistance tunnel strayer is used as an example design study.
The validation of the model is established by comparing its output with measurements of air-jet penetration into an analogue of a crop with non-responding leaves and variable leaf spacing.
A Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) package called FLUENT has been used to apply the crop model, used in the analytical solution, to study other design and operational aspects of air-assistance spraying.
A simulation of an air-assistance tunnel strayer is used as an example design study.
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Authors
P.J. Walklate, K.-L. Weiner
Keywords
Air-jet transport models, crop penetration measurements
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