Development of pest control machine capable of reduction of pesticides dropping on the agricultural field

2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 14560210
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 農業機械学
• Research Institution: Niigata University
• Principal Investigator: SUZUKI Masato Niigata University, Faculty of Agriculture, Professor, 農学部, 教授 (70293206)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NAKANO Kazuhiro Niigata University, Faculty of Agriculture, Professor, 農学部, 教授 (70188994) ; SASAKI Yutaka Niigata University, Faculty of Agriculture, Assistant, 農学部, 助手 (60313508)
• Project Period (FY): 2002 – 2004
• Keywords: drifting out of purposes / pest control machine / pesticides / drift / environmental burden / mist eliminator / collecting implement

Research Abstract

Pesticide spray for insect pest control cannot avoid drifting out of purposes other than the original target. This study is done to make pesticide drifting out of purposes reduced. Particles sprayed from the nozzle of boom sprayer were analyzed using visual motion interpretation. Numerical analysis method was carried out in order to get knowledge about the motion of particles in the rectangular box. Furthermore, collecting implement attached with curved blade, which is based on the mist eliminator, was designed and developed. The result of high collection rate of particles was obtained at the laboratory experiment.