Improvement of spray deposit homogeneity using a PWM spray controller to compensate horizontal boom speed variations

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-161

  Lebeau, F ^a   El Bahir, L ^b   Destain, M F ^a   Kinnaert, M ^b   Hanus, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Horizontal boom movements; Pulse width modulation nozzle; Spray controller; Spray deposits distribution

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ERROR COMPENSATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NOZZLES; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SPRAYING;

NIGROSINE; SPRAY CONTROLLER;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; SPRAY;

PHYTOLACCACEAE;

EID: 1842866416     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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