Effect of working pressure at different spray nozzles on drift quantification in wind tunnel

Engenharia Agrícola

Marco A. Gandolfo²  Fernando K. Carvalho¹  Rodolfo G. Chechetto¹  Ulisses D. Gandolfo¹  Eder D. De Moraes¹ 

[1] ,UENP Depto. de Engenharia e Desenvolvimento Agrário

关键词: Application technology;    pesticides;    environmental contamination;    Tecnologia de aplicação;    agrotóxicos;    contaminação ambiental;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-69162014000100008

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Each year, there is an increase in pesticide consumption and in its importance of use in the large-scale agricultural production, being fundamental the knowledge of application technology to the activity success. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the influence of working pressure on the drift generated by different spray nozzles, assessed in wind tunnel. The treatments were composed of two spray nozzles AXI 110015 and AXI 11002 with pressure levels of 276 and 414 kPa. The spray solution was composed by water and NaCl at 10%. The applications were conducted at wind speed of 2.0 m s-1, being the drift collected at 5.0; 10.0 and 15.0 m away from the spray boom and at heights of 0.2; 0.4; 0.6; 0.8 e 1.0 m from the tunnel floor. To both spray nozzles, the greatest drift was collected at the smallest distance to the spray-boom and at the lowest height. The AXI 11002 nozzle gave a smaller drift relative to the AXI 110015 nozzle for the two tested pressures and for all the collection points. Regardless of the nozzle, a rise in the working pressure increases the spray drift percentage at all distances in the wind tunnel.

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