• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.137-150
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• 1997

To investigate the feasibility of a boom sprayer in the paddy field, an experimental boom sprayer for both broadcast and directed spraying to the lower part of rice plants was developed. The droplet deposition characteristics of the boom sprayers were experimentally compared to those of power sprayer. Water sensitive papers(WSP) and a machine vision system were used to evaluate the coverage rate and droplet density. It was shown that the broadcast application by the boom sprayer was the best coverage among the tested sprayers. Coverage tate and droplet density were affected by the distance between nozzles and the sprayer ground speed, The best result was obtained when the distance of 30cm and the speed of 1.7km/hr. The directed application showed inconsistency in overall droplet distribution. The inconsistency was judged to be caused by conflict between plants and boom extenders. The power sprayer showed a very wide range of droplet size distribution, relatively larger droplets and inconsistency in cove The power sprayer was judged to be inadequate for the low-volume precision application because of inconsistency in performance and difficulty in adjusting the spraying rate. Based on the droplet coverage characteristics, it was concluded that the self-propelled boom sprayer for the broadcast application was feasible for an alternative to the power sprayer in case of low volume, precision application in paddy condition.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.217-225
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• 1995

This study was conducted to find design factors of spraying device of the boom sprayer for low volume application. Four types of nozzles(standard flat nozzle, drift guard nozzle, even flat nozzle, and hollow cone nozzle) were used for the spray characteristic experiment. Spray patterns of the nozzles were distinguished by the nozzle type, spray distance, and spray direction. The flow rate was proportional to the square root of spray pressure in all nozzles. Increased nozzle height improved spray distribution at reduced pressures and/or increased spacing. Distribution tended to improve as pressure increased within the range of pressures used for fan nozzles.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.313-322
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• 1995

This study was conducted to find the design factors of spraying device of the boom sprayer for low volume application. Specific objectives of this study were 1) to select proper nozzles for broadcast spraying and row crop spraying by the nozzle spray characterisic experiment, and 2) to investigate the coverage characteristic of rice plant at the row crop spraying. The results of this study are summarized as follows. (1) From the tested results on the droplet diameter spectrum and spray pattern the standard flat-fan nozzle and drift guard nozzle were judged as appropriate for the broadcasting. Even flat-fan nozzle showed similar span values to standard flat-fan nozzles and drift guard nozzle : however, the nozzles were found to be inappropriate for broadcasting because of their spray pattern. Hollow cone nozzle showed relatively small span values and uniform spray pattern. (2) For the upper and lower sides of the rice plants, coverage rates of even flat-fan nozzles and hollow cone nozzles were maximum at the second row, but decreased rapidly after the third row. For the middle side of the rice plants, coverage rates of them were maximum at the first row, but decreased rapidly. When one nozzle was tested, C.V. values were in the range of 90~160% and 60~160% on entire heights of rice plant for even flat-fan nozzles and hollow cone nozzles respectively. C.V. values at other parts were poor. Spray coverage rate at the middle part was improved by overlapping the nozzles whereas there was little difference on the upper and lower part of rice plants. (3) For spraying lower part of rice plant between rows, even flat-fan nozzles and hollow cone nozzle were judged as appropriate, but in order to ensure the uniform coverage, distance between nozzles, recommended to be less than 90cm.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.281-288
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• 2007

본 연구는 우리나라 과원에서 농작업자 농약노출량의 산정방법을 제안하기 위하여 수행되었다. 우리나라 농작업자의 농약 노출량을 산정하기 위한 벤치마킹 모델로써 UK-POEM을 제안하였다. 그러나 이 모델은 영국에서 자국의 농작업자에 대한 농약 노출량을 산정하기 위한 모델이므로 우리나라 농작업자의 농약노출량 산정에 직접이용 하기에는 1일 농약살포 기기 및 면적, 살포시간, 살포물량 등에서 많은 차이점이 있다. 따라서 우리나라 과수농업의 현실을 반영하기 위하여 UK-POEM의 구동방법을 분석하곤 우리나라 과원의 농약 살포기기, 1일 농약살포 시간, 1일 농약살포 면적, ha당 농약살포 물량 등을 204농가 4351 농약사용 건수에 대하여 조사하였다. 과원에 농약 살포를 위하여 사용되는 살포기기를 분석한 결과 SS기(speed sprayer)가 64.9%이었고, 동력분무기(Motor sprayer)가 33.9% 사용되는 것으로 조사되었다. 또한 1일 농약살포시간을 조사한 결과 SS기, 동력살포기 모두 4시간 이상 작업하는 농가가 가장 많았고, 1일 농약 살포 면적은 SS기의 사용 시 4 ha를 작업하는 농가가 95%이었으며, 동력분무기를 이용하는 농가는 하루 1 ha를 처리하는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 조사 결과를 바탕으로 UK-POEM을 근간으로 한 우리나라 실정에 맞는 노출시나리오를 작성하였다. SS기의 경우 약제의 살포방법 면에서 유사한 UK-POEM의 "Tractor-mounted/trailed broadcast air-assist sprayer: 500 L/ha"에 1일 작업면적 4 ha, 1일 농약살포 시간 6시간, 피부흡수율 10%를 대입할 것을 제안하였다. 동력분무기의 경우 UK-POEM의 "hand-held rotary atomizer equipment(2.5 L tank). Outdoor, high level target" 시나리오의 내용을 조금 변형한 400 L tank에 대한 시나리오를 작성하여 살포액의 조제시 노출량을 계산할 것과 1일 작업면적 1 ha, 1일 농약살포 시간 6시간, 피부흡수율 10%를 대입할 것을 제안하였다.