Sprayer for chemical treatment of vineyards and orchards

Abstract

The authors have developed an improved sprayer for two-way chemical treatment of vineyards and orchards. The research aims to justify the design scheme and parameters of the sprayer. The proposed sprayer is equipped with a centrifugal fan, which directs air flow from the inlet window to two opposite sides. The distributor is designed as a truncated cone with an inlet nozzle on its small base and outlet nozzles equally spaced on its large base and connected to sprayers by flexible hoses of equal length. It is established that the diameter of the centrifugal fan wheel 630 mm, number of fan wheel rotations 1500 r/min, diameters of large and small distributor base as a truncated cone 90 mm and 18 mm respectively, the diameter of each nozzle set on its large base 3 mm, cone height 100 mm, number of atomizers 20 pieces and working liquid pressure in the system 0.40-0.45 MPa is provided a uniform distribution of working liquid.