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Mechanism and Spray Characteristics of a Mini-Sprinkler with Downward Spray for Prevention of Drop Water  

Kim, Hong-Gyoo (Department of Mechanical and Intelligent System Engineering, Graduate School, Pusan National University)
Chung, Sung-Won (School of Bio System Engineering, Pusan National University)
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Journal of Bio-Environment Control / v.16, no.3, 2007 , pp. 210-216 More about this Journal
Abstract
A study was conducted to find mechanism and spray characteristics of a mini-sprinkler with downward spray to develop a new design type to be able to prevent drop water. The experiments were executed in a plastic greenhouse to minimize the effect of the wind. Data was collected at five different operation pressures and at 4 different raiser heights. Spray characteristics of the sprinkler such as effective radius, effective area, mean application depth, absolute maximum application depth, effective maximum application depth and coefficient of variation were determined. In order to analyze the mechanism and packing supporter of sprinkler, the numerical simulation using ABAQUS was performed. The optimum pressure for preventing drop water was determined.
Keywords
3D modelling; packing design; simulation; spray performance; structure analysis;
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