Actuator system for individual nozzle control of flow rate and spray droplet size

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 379-386

  Needham, D L ^a   Holtz, A J ^b   Giles, D K ^c  

^a Holtz Needham Development LLC   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nozzle control; Precision agriculture; Pulse width modulation; Spray droplet size; State space model; Throttling valve; Variable rate

Indexed keywords

PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SPRAY DROPLET; STATE-SPACE MODELS; THROTTLING VALVES; VARIABLE RATE;

ACTUATORS; AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; DROPS; FLOW RATE; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SOLENOID VALVES;

SPRAY NOZZLES;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CONTROL SYSTEM; DROPLET; FLOW PATTERN; FLUID PRESSURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE DROP; SIGNAL; SPRAY;

PHYTOLACCACEAE; SOLENOIDEA;

EID: 84861608541     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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