Abstract
Air-assisted sprayers are the mainstream orchard plant protection machinery in China. During the usage of sprayers, the pesticide droplets carried by strong air jets from sprayers enter into the target canopy. Therefore, the distribution of airflow field in the canopy has significant influence on the spatial movement of the droplets and the adhesion and penetration of the droplets inside the canopy. To enhance the working performance of sprayers, it is imperative to study their use in tree canopies. Based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), the k-ε turbulence model, and the SIMPLE algorithm, a 3D simulated model of the spatial distribution of the airflow field in and around the tree canopy was established based on the porous model in this paper. The model was used to simulate and calculate the air field distribution of an air-assisted orchard sprayer under different operating parameters. The results showed that the optimal operation effect was achieved when the driving speed and the air speed of the fan outlet were 1 m/s and 20 m/s, respectively, while the air speed in the canopy was not less than 2 m/s. The 36 points measured in the canopy were compared with the simulated results through field experiments. It showed that average relative error between the measured and simulated values was 13.85%, and the overall goodness-of-fit was 0.97656. The model accurately simulated the airflow distribution in the canopy and provided a basis for optimizing the operating parameters of the air-assisted sprayers in orchards.
Funder
Chinese Agricultural Research System
Subject
Agronomy and Crop Science
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