Spray characteristics and drift reduction potential with air induction and conventional flat-fan nozzles

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 745-754

  Guler, Huseyin ^b   Zhu, Heping ^c   Ozkan, H Erdal ^b   Derksen, Richard C ^c   Yu, Yang ^a   Krause, Charles R ^c  

^a YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Droplet size; Droplet velocity; Low drift nozzle; Orifice area; Pesticide; Spray coverage; Spray drift; Spray pattern

Indexed keywords

DROPLET SIZE; DROPLET VELOCITY; LOW-DRIFT NOZZLE; ORIFICE AREA; SPRAY COVERAGE; SPRAY DRIFT; SPRAY PATTERNS;

AIR; DROPS; FANS; FLOW RATE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; PESTICIDES; WIND TUNNELS;

NOZZLES;

DRIFT BEHAVIOR; DROPLET; EQUIPMENT COMPONENT; IMAGING METHOD; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISON; LASER; PESTICIDE; SPRAY; WIND TUNNEL; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 34447521928     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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