Propellers Spin Rate Effect of a Spraying Drone on Quality of Liquid Deposition in a Crown of Young Spruce

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989100%3A27730%2F23%3A10252688" target="_blank" >RIV/61989100:27730/23:10252688 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/60460709:41320/23:97150

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/13/8/1584" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/13/8/1584</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13081584" target="_blank" >10.3390/agriculture13081584</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Propellers Spin Rate Effect of a Spraying Drone on Quality of Liquid Deposition in a Crown of Young Spruce

Original language description

The study aimed to assess the quality of spraying of ornamental conifer using a multi-rotor drone. We examined how the speed of drone movement and the propellers&apos; spin speed can affect the deposition quality of the sprayed liquid in the crown of blue spruce (Picea pungens Engelm.). Due to the avoidance in the future of droplet drift by air movements, an air injector atomiser for liquid spraying was used, and a low altitude of 0.6 m of the drone flying above the tree was used in the study. The drone moved at two speeds: 0.57 m.s-1 and 0.94 m.s-1. The propellers&apos; spin speeds were adjusted based on the drone&apos;s weight with the spray liquid tank filled and empty. The propellers&apos; zero-spin rate was also included to compare the drone to a field sprayer. The tests were conducted in a laboratory setting. Volume and uniformity of liquid volume settled on the levels of samplers positioned on a tripod within the tree canopy were assessed. The samplers were placed in two zones of the tree: near the tree trunk and at a distance of 0.21 m from the trunk. Airstream speed generated by drone propellers was also evaluated inside the tree. The findings indicated that the rotations of propellers and air speed significantly influenced the quality of liquid deposition on samplers located away from the trunk. The results also showed that using a drone instead of a field sprayer could benefit the quality of the spray application. The weight of the multi-rotor drone, determined by the spray liquid tank&apos;s filling level, can significantly impact the quality of spray deposition in the tree. Based on the investigations, it can be recommended that low-altitude spraying drones be adopted for studies and future strategies in precision agriculture using autonomous inspection-spraying drones.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20300 - Mechanical engineering

Project

<a href="/en/project/LTI20004" target="_blank" >LTI20004: Environmental Research and Development Information Centre</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Agriculture

ISSN

2077-0472

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

8

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

"Nestránkováno"

UT code for WoS article

001055990700001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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