https://doi.org/10.4081/jae.2008.3.1

KINEMATIC STUDY OF THE AIR FLOW PRODUCED BY SOME SPRAYERS USED IN “TENDONE†VINEYARDS

Vol. 39 No. 3 (2008)
Submitted: 28 June 2012
Accepted: 28 June 2012
Published: 30 September 2008
Sprayers, impeller, air velocity, “Tendone” trained vineyard.
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Simone Pascuzzi
mikimos@mac.com
Anna Guarella
A computerized measuring system to analyse the vector field of the air velocities in a volume surrounding the fan of air assisted sprayers usually used in tendone vineyards was designed and built. The performance of three different sprayers was tested: the first, a traditional air-convection sprayer, the other two, suitably designed for treatments in tendone vineyards. The air flow which exited through the discharge diffusers and moving towards the target sucked air from the surrounding environment that enlarged the flow rate on the target. The available flow was that which reached the vegetative and productive area, placed in a horizontal position respectively at 1.8 m and 2.0 m from the ground plane. The pneumatic sprayer produced an air flow clearly directed towards the top of the vines.

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Pascuzzi, S. and Guarella, A. (2008) “KINEMATIC STUDY OF THE AIR FLOW PRODUCED BY SOME SPRAYERS USED IN “TENDONE” VINEYARDS”, Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 39(3), pp. 1–6. doi: 10.4081/jae.2008.3.1.

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