2016
DOI: 10.5935/1806-6690.20160005
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Droplet spectrum at different vapour pressure deficits

Abstract: -An efficient pesticides spraying depends a lot in psychrometric conditions, mainly if it is using fine droplets, once climatic conditions may cause droplets evaporation and consequent financial loss to the farmer. Thus, the aim of this work was to determine the droplet spectrum depending on the vapour pressure deficits. The work was carried out inside of a climate chamber to obtain the vapour pressure deficits (VPD air ). The laser particle analyzer, model Spraytech, was used to determine the droplet spectrum… Show more

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“…The Shadow Sizer analyzer, which generated the lowest VMD, resulted in a higher RS, indicating lower uniformity of droplet size. Lower RS values are related to higher homogeneity of the droplet population (Maciel et al, 2016). According to Hewitt (1997), these differences between equipment are due to the region of sampling, equipment resolution, and type of sampling, whether temporal (Shadow Sizer) or spatial (Spraytec).…”
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“…The Shadow Sizer analyzer, which generated the lowest VMD, resulted in a higher RS, indicating lower uniformity of droplet size. Lower RS values are related to higher homogeneity of the droplet population (Maciel et al, 2016). According to Hewitt (1997), these differences between equipment are due to the region of sampling, equipment resolution, and type of sampling, whether temporal (Shadow Sizer) or spatial (Spraytec).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The evaluations of droplet spectra were carried out at the Laboratory of Pesticide Application (LADA), belonging to the Department of Agricultural Engineering of the Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil, using a Spraytec real-time spray particle analyzer (Malvern Instruments Co., Worcestershire, UK), with a focal lens of 750 mm and set up to account for droplets from 0.10 to 2500 µm, with an acquisition rate of 2.5 kHz and a reading time of 1.5 sec, as in Maciel et al (2016). The equipment uses the laser diffraction technique to measure the droplets.…”
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“…Based on the conditions adopted in our study, changes in the VPD may have led to droplet evaporation and changed the VMD values due to the extinction of a large number of fine droplets. According to Maciel et al (2016), the diameter of spray droplets increased as the VPD increased. Droplet density results may justify this hypothesis, since the droplet density at the target decreased as the VPD increased in all tests (Table 3).…”
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“…Resultado semelhante ao encontrado no presente estudo foram relatados por Nascimento et al 2013 Quando analisada a influência de diferentes pressões de trabalho, denota-se que houve interação significativa deste fator entre os horários avaliados (p<0,05), indicando principalmente que em aplicações às 14h, foi possível atingir maior número de gotas (339,67 gotas) em relação aos demais horários e pressões utilizadas (Tabela 2). Segundo Antuniassi e Boller (2011) e Cunha e Alves (2009) as condições ambientais como temperatura e operacionais como pressão, influenciam nas características físico-químicas da calda, assim, a maior temperatura no horário das 14h associada a menor umidade pode ter sido capaz de promover redução da viscosidade da calda que, associada ao aumento da pressão de trabalho, foi responsável por gerar maior fragmentação do espectro de gotas formado (MACIEL et al, 2016), aumentando o número de gotas encontrado no cartão bem como o número de diferentes classes de diâmetro, apresentado pela Tabela 3, influenciando assim na uniformidade da aplicação.…”
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