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It is wide foreground that aerial electrostatic spraying technology is applied for prevention and cure pests in agriculture and forestry. In the field of agriculture aviation, there are some advantages about helicopter such as flight convenience and realizing pesticide spraying in low-altitude flying. Be aimed at using R44 helicopter which is made...
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... Based on the theoretical analysis and practical experiments and the requirements for the large area forest pest control and farming performed in large scale, Zhou, Ru, Shu, Zheng, & Zhu, (2008) developed an aerial electrostatic spraying system assembled on a helicopter, a hydraulically assisted flight control. The study addressed issues associated with inefficiencies in disease and pest control, including pesticide overuse, spraying difficulties and labor intensity. ...
The desired attributes of electrostatic spraying are uniform deposition onto both directly exposed or obscured crop surfaces which minimize the off-target losses of active ingredients to soil, water, atmosphere and provide more effective and economical pest control. This chapter presents an overview of electrostatic spraying technologies in the field of agriculture emphasizing the key role of advanced electrostatic instrumentation and chronicles the scientific innovations in the parlance of providing cost effective and reliable commercial systems along with an insight on the needs of future research perspectives and directives. It is aimed primarily at a familiarization with spraying concepts and engineering practices. This text is to bridge the knowledge and experience gap among researchers and technology developers and the people involved in electrostatic processes applied to agriculture and food processing. It will also introduce the engineering aspects of design and development of an electrostatic spraying nozzle for agricultural applications.
... Based on the theoretical analysis and practical experiments and the requirements for the forest pest control of tall trees, an axial-flow, airassisted , ultra-low-volume, electrostatic sprayer was developed (China Patent No ZL03259151.9). Another innovation in spraying was made by Zhou et al. (2008), Professor Nanjing Forestry University, China. Based on the theoretical analysis and practical experiments and the requirements for the large area forest pest control, an aerial electrostatic spraying system applied on helicopter was developed (China Patent No ZL200720010163.3). ...
An important aspect of research in electrostatic force field applications to liquid sprays involves pesticide spraying, painting, printing, thin film coating, medical, Nano biotechnology, transportation etc. The desired attributes of such spraying are uniform deposition onto both directly exposed (adaxial) and obscured (abaxial) crop surfaces which minimizes the off-target losses of active ingredient to soil, water, atmosphere and provides economic pest control. This paper presents an overview of electrostatic spraying technologies in the field of agriculture and perishable fruits/food products emphasizing the key role of advanced electrostatic spraying instrumentation and chronicles the scientific innovations in the parlance of providing cost effective and reliable commercial systems along with an insight on the needs of future research perspectives and directives.
... Based on the theoretical analysis and practical experiments and the requirements for the large area forest pest control and farming performed in large scale, Zhou, Ru, Shu, Zheng, & Zhu, (2008) developed an aerial electrostatic spraying system assembled on a helicopter, a hydraulically assisted flight control. The study addressed issues associated with inefficiencies in disease and pest control, including pesticide overuse, spraying difficulties and labor intensity. ...
The desired attributes of electrostatic spraying are uniform deposition onto both directly exposed or obscured crop surfaces which minimize the off-target losses of active ingredients to soil, water, atmosphere and provide more effective and economical pest control. This chapter presents an overview of electrostatic spraying technologies in the field of agriculture emphasizing the key role of advanced electrostatic instrumentation and chronicles the scientific innovations in the parlance of providing cost effective and reliable commercial systems along with an insight on the needs of future research perspectives and directives. It is aimed primarily at a familiarization with spraying concepts and engineering practices. This text is to bridge the knowledge and experience gap among researchers and technology developers and the people involved in electrostatic processes applied to agriculture and food processing. It will also introduce the engineering aspects of design and development of an electrostatic spraying nozzle for agricultural applications.
