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Design, development and evaluation of a tractor mounted air blast sprayer for coconut and arecanut

A tractor mounted air blast sprayer was designed and developed to reduce the drudgery involved in the manual spraying of pesticide by climbing coconut tree. The sprayer mounted on a small tractor, prime mover, is operated by the power taken from its power take off (PTO). In this study, the influence...

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Autores principales: Pandiselvam, R, Mathew, A C, Imran, Syed, Pandian, R Thava Prakasa, Manikantan, M R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: SAGE Publications 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10492496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37682536
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00368504231199927
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author Pandiselvam, R
Mathew, A C
Imran, Syed
Pandian, R Thava Prakasa
Manikantan, M R
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Mathew, A C
Imran, Syed
Pandian, R Thava Prakasa
Manikantan, M R
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description A tractor mounted air blast sprayer was designed and developed to reduce the drudgery involved in the manual spraying of pesticide by climbing coconut tree. The sprayer mounted on a small tractor, prime mover, is operated by the power taken from its power take off (PTO). In this study, the influence of two important parameters viz., blower speed (2250 and 3000 rpm) and tractor speed (1.5 and 2.5 km h(−1)) at different heights on the spray characteristics such as volume mean diameter (VMD), droplet density, and spray deposition were collected and analysed. The tractor speed of 1.5 kmh(−1) and blower speed of 3000 rpm was observed at recommended VMD between 100–200 µm at a height above 21 m. Hence, the tractor speed of 1.5 kmh(−1) and blower speed of 3000 rpm was selected for field evaluation. The mean height of the coconut tree in the tested field was 24 m. The mean droplet size and deposition were observed at 124 µm and 7.2 µl cm(−2), respectively at 24 m height. The effective field capacity, field efficiency, and fuel consumption were 0.524 ha.h(−1), 73.72%, and 4.67 l h(−1), respectively.
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spelling pubmed-104924962023-09-10 Design, development and evaluation of a tractor mounted air blast sprayer for coconut and arecanut Pandiselvam, R Mathew, A C Imran, Syed Pandian, R Thava Prakasa Manikantan, M R Sci Prog Agricultural Science A tractor mounted air blast sprayer was designed and developed to reduce the drudgery involved in the manual spraying of pesticide by climbing coconut tree. The sprayer mounted on a small tractor, prime mover, is operated by the power taken from its power take off (PTO). In this study, the influence of two important parameters viz., blower speed (2250 and 3000 rpm) and tractor speed (1.5 and 2.5 km h(−1)) at different heights on the spray characteristics such as volume mean diameter (VMD), droplet density, and spray deposition were collected and analysed. The tractor speed of 1.5 kmh(−1) and blower speed of 3000 rpm was observed at recommended VMD between 100–200 µm at a height above 21 m. Hence, the tractor speed of 1.5 kmh(−1) and blower speed of 3000 rpm was selected for field evaluation. The mean height of the coconut tree in the tested field was 24 m. The mean droplet size and deposition were observed at 124 µm and 7.2 µl cm(−2), respectively at 24 m height. The effective field capacity, field efficiency, and fuel consumption were 0.524 ha.h(−1), 73.72%, and 4.67 l h(−1), respectively. SAGE Publications 2023-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10492496/ /pubmed/37682536 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00368504231199927 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Pandiselvam, R
Mathew, A C
Imran, Syed
Pandian, R Thava Prakasa
Manikantan, M R
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title Design, development and evaluation of a tractor mounted air blast sprayer for coconut and arecanut
title_full Design, development and evaluation of a tractor mounted air blast sprayer for coconut and arecanut
title_fullStr Design, development and evaluation of a tractor mounted air blast sprayer for coconut and arecanut
title_full_unstemmed Design, development and evaluation of a tractor mounted air blast sprayer for coconut and arecanut
title_short Design, development and evaluation of a tractor mounted air blast sprayer for coconut and arecanut
title_sort design, development and evaluation of a tractor mounted air blast sprayer for coconut and arecanut
topic Agricultural Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10492496/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37682536
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00368504231199927
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