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The spray droplets generated by agricultural nozzles play an important role in the application accuracy and efficiency of plant protection products. The limitations of the non-imaging techniques and the recent improvements in digital image acquisition and processing increased the interest in using high speed imaging techniques in pesticide spray characterisation.
The goal of this study was to develop an imaging technique to evaluate the characteristics of a single spray droplet using a piezoelectric single droplet generator and a high speed imaging technique. Tests were done with different camera settings, lenses, diffusers and light sources.
The experiments have shown the necessity for having a good image acquisition and processing system. Image analysis results contributed in selecting the optimal set-up for measuring droplet size and velocity which consisted of a high speed camera with a 6 µs exposure time, a microscope lens at a working distance of 43 cm resulting in a field of view of 1.0 cm x 0.8 cm and a Xenon light source without diffuser used as a backlight.
For measuring macro-spray characteristics as the droplet trajectory, the spray angle and the spray shape, a Macro Video Zoom lens at a working distance of 14.3 cm with a bigger field of view of 7.5 cm x 9.5 cm in combination with a halogen spotlight with a diffuser and the high speed camera can be used.
The goal of this study was to develop an imaging technique to evaluate the characteristics of a single spray droplet using a piezoelectric single droplet generator and a high speed imaging technique. Tests were done with different camera settings, lenses, diffusers and light sources.
The experiments have shown the necessity for having a good image acquisition and processing system. Image analysis results contributed in selecting the optimal set-up for measuring droplet size and velocity which consisted of a high speed camera with a 6 µs exposure time, a microscope lens at a working distance of 43 cm resulting in a field of view of 1.0 cm x 0.8 cm and a Xenon light source without diffuser used as a backlight.
For measuring macro-spray characteristics as the droplet trajectory, the spray angle and the spray shape, a Macro Video Zoom lens at a working distance of 14.3 cm with a bigger field of view of 7.5 cm x 9.5 cm in combination with a halogen spotlight with a diffuser and the high speed camera can be used.
Oorspronkelijke taal | Engels |
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Titel | Communications in Agricultural and Applied Biological Sciences |
Aantal pagina’s | 12 |
Volume | 77 |
Uitgeverij | Universiteit Gent |
Publicatiedatum | 2012 |
Uitgave | 4 |
Pagina's | 469-481 |
ISBN van geprinte versie | 1379-1176 |
Publicatiestatus | Gepubliceerd - 2012 |
Evenement | 64th International Symposium on Crop Protection (2012) - Gent, België Duur: 22-mei-2012 → 22-mei-2012 http://www.iscp.ugent.be/ |
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CAMERASPRAY: Ontwikkeling van snelle beeldtechnieken voor de karakterisatie van spuitnevels
Nuyttens, D. (Projectverantwoordelijke) & Vulgarakis Minov, S. (Voormalig Onderzoeker)
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