Droplet size distributions of adjuvant-amended sprays froman air-assisted five-port PWM nozzle

Atomization and Sprays

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-274

  Gu, Jiabing ^a,b   Zhu, Heping ^b   Ding, Weimin ^a   Jeon, Hong Young ^b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomization; Pesticide; Precision farming; Spray drift; Variable rate

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATOMIZATION; DROPS; MODULATION; NOZZLES; PESTICIDES; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLENOID VALVES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VELOCITY;

DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; DISCHARGE VELOCITY; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; OPERATING CONDITION; PRECISION FARMING; PULSE-WIDTH-MODULATED; SPRAY DRIFT; VARIABLE RATE;

SPRAY NOZZLES;

EID: 82355163692     PISSN: 10445110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/AtomizSpr.2011003258     Document Type: Article

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