A Review of Electrostatic Spraying for Agricultural Applications

Authors : Erkan URKAN, Huseyin GULER, Firat KOMEKCI

Pages : 229-233

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Publication Date : 2016-10-14

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Pesticides are toxic chemicals designed to control certain pests, diseases or weeds. They can easily contaminate the air, ground, water sources, wild animals, birds and aquatic life when they run-off from fields. For these aspects the application of pesticide must be done accurately. One of the most important factors that affecting the success of application is choosing the right equipment. New technologies on sensor and image analyzing process promoted the success of application technique. Besides electrostatic spraying is a new trend to apply pesticides with less drift potential. In recent years electrostatic spraying has been used in many other applications such as painting, ink printing etc. Researches have indicated electrostatic spraying achieves better coverage of difficult targets than conventional spraying. Water consumption of that kind of sprayers is up to 10 times less than conventional spraying. On the other hand this method has some difficulties and disadvantages. In this study, electrostatic spraying in agricultural application was evaluated. Tractor mounted and mobile knapsack electrostatic sprayers were explained and some experimental results of them were discussed.
Keywords : Electrostatic fields, ULV, plant protection treatments, coverage