• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제60권3호
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• pp.27-36
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• 2018

Effective pesticide applications are needed to assure the quality and economic competitiveness of fruit production and lower the risk of spray drift. Experimental studies have shown that better spray coverage and less driftability require an understanding of the transport of spray droplets within turbulent airflows in the orchard and the interaction between droplet dynamics and tree canopies. This study developed a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model to predict pesticide flows in the orchard and spray drift discharged from an air-assisted orchard sprayer. The model represented the transport of spray droplets as well as droplets captured by tree canopies, which were modeled as a conical porous model and branched tree model. Validation of the CFD model was accomplished by comparing the CFD results with field measurements. Spray depositions inside tree canopies and at off-target locations were in good agreement with the measurements. The resulting data presented that 38.6%~42.3% of the sprayed droplets were delivered to the tree canopies while 13.6%~20.1% were drifted out of the orchard, part of them reached farther than 200 m from the orchard. The study demonstrates that CFD model can be used to evaluate spray application performance and spray drift potential.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.46-51
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• 2009

This paper presents results from field studies carried out to monitor off-target droplet movement of endosulfan insecticide applied to the Korea chestnut tree area. As a results, mean airborne drift values were recorded 25m as average from downwind of a single flight line(sample line) in mountain terrain and mean effective swath width was recorded 19.5m as average in a plain. In terms of characteristics of geography of Korea aerial application is mainly carried out in mountain terrain. The equipment, weather conditions, and appropriate aerial spray technic are required for effective aerial application. In particular, the pilot can get effective results when he only sprays with consideration of environment factors since there is much turbulence in mountain terrain. Eventually, the most effective factor of droplets drift is to estimate the local weather conditions exactly.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.431-440
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• 2001

Generated agri-chemical droplets by orchard sprayers are evaporated regenerated and transported along wind streams. The droplets are deposited to targets after changing their sizes, affecting the retention of droplets. An orchard sprayer, designed for spraying grapevines was studied on the spatial distribution of droplet size. The experimental variables were spray direction (0, 22.5, 45, 67.5 and 90˚), distance(2.5, 3.0 and 3.5 m) and fan speed (2,075 and 3,031 rpm). Droplet sizes were converted and analyzed from spray stains, sampled using water sensitive papers. The number median diameter (NMD) increased with an increase of the distance due to disappeared fine droplets (<50 ㎛): however, the volume median diameter (VMD) decreased due to shrunken large droplets (>100 ㎛). Fast fan speed delivered large droplets to 3.5 m, but the spatial distributions of NMD and VMD were not uniform. Slower fan speed decreased the possibility of evaporation and drift; therefore, plenty of droplets were maintained up to 3.0 m. The upward blasting distance was limited within 3 m, but the limit to the ground level was extended to 3.5 m. Concentrated wind and droplets to the ground level should be redistributed to upper canopy direction, leading more uniform deposits. High speed wind and system pressure should be avoided because of generating fine droplets, which would be disappeared and drifted away.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제61권5호
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• pp.79-87
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• 2019

With desires for safe food, there is growing concern that pesticide spray drift will expose people, plants, and the environment to pesticide residue and potential negative effects thereof. For highly efficient, safe spray application, technologies for measuring the spray drift should be developed and improved with some urgency. This study investigated the applicability of two optical particle counters (OPCs), which are mostly used to measure airborne particle mass concentration, for measurement of airborne pesticide spray drift. Experiments were conducted in a controlled laboratory and an ash tree orchard to evaluate the handiness and accuracy of two OPCs, OPC 1 and OPC 2. The experimental results indicated that the OPC 1 was better applicable to the measurement of spray drift in the field while the use of the OPC 2 was limited due to its narrow range of measurable droplet sizes. The readings of the OPC 1 produced highly accurate results ($R^2=0.9637$) compared to the actual spray drift. For better application of OPCs, this study suggests the OPCs should be positioned properly to inhale spray droplets of the appropriate size and concentration.

• 한국생물환경조절학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물환경조절학회 1998년도 임시총회 및 학술논문발표요지
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• pp.1-4
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• 1998

상온연무기와 같은 소량살포기에 의해 살포된 농약액의 입자경은 10-20$\mu\textrm{m}$ 이하의 것이 대부분이다. 미소 액적은 단시간에 공기의 습구 온도와 평형하게 되어 혼합, 확산되는 특성을 가지고 있으며 증발과 Drift현상이 발생된다. 시설원예의 경우 폐쇄환경에 있으므로 연무직후 온실내 작업의 제한, 부착력포의 불균일, 증발과 Drift량의 과다 등이 큰 문제가 된다. (중략)

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.106-114
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 항공살포에 의한 약액의 비산 저감을 위한 방법으로 차단 식물의 효과를 정량 평가하고자 하였다. 이에 따라 식물의 엽면적지수(LAI)에 따른 잎의 약액 부착 효율 및 공기 투과 저항성을 비산 챔버를 활용하여 측정하였다. LAI는 엽면적 밀도를 세 수준으로 구분하여 측정하였으며, 각 수준별 평균 LAI는 1.723±0.130, 2.810±0.412, 4.875±0.701로 산정되었다. 풍속 1m·s^-1에서 LAI가 'Low' 수준일 때 부착 효율 16.13%로 측정되었고, 동일 LAI 수준에서 풍속이 2m·s^-1로 증가할 때 식물의 부착 효율은 29.06%로 측정되어 1.80배 증가한 것으로 나타났다. 'Medium' 수준에서는 풍속 조건에 따라 24.42%에서 43.06%로 1.76배 증가하였다. 또한 LAI가 'High' 수준일 때 풍속의 변화에 따른 식물의 부착 효율은 1.24배 증가하는 것으로 나타나 풍속의 증가에 따라 식물의 약액 부착 효율도 함께 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 풍속 및 LAI에 따른 식물의 공기 투과 저항성 실험에서 LAI가 증가할수록 공기 투과 저항성 또한 증가하는 경향을 보였으며, 2차 함수 및 거듭제곱 함수에 대한 회귀분석 결과 결정계수가 0.96-0.99 수준으로 높은 설명력을 보였다. 본 연구를 통해 농경지에 인접하게 식재된 식물이 항공살포 된 약액이 비산될 때 잎에 부착 및 지면 퇴적을 유도하여 비산 저감에 효과를 나타냄을 정량 평가하였다. 또한 LAI가 증가할수록 내부 저항이 증가하는 것을 실험적으로 규명하였다. 이를 기반으로 향후 잎의 형상 및 캐노피 등 식물 특성 변수를 추가 반영하여 비산 저감 효과를 기대할 수 있는 적정 작물을 선정하는 자료가 될 것으로 사료된다.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.351-356
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• 2008

헬기에 의해 항공살포된 고농도 소량 살포농약의 비산 및 분포 특성과 이에 따른 벼와 주변작물에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 항공살포시 농약의 벼 부착량은 채취지점 및 약제에 따라 $3.1{\sim}4.7$배의 차이를 보여 살포 균일성은 낮았다. 헬리콥터에 의한 항공방제시 대상지역 이외의 포장으로 분무입자가 비산하는 정도는 바람부는 방향으로는 30 m, 바람부는 반대방향으로는 20 m 이내로 비교적 비산 정도가 낮았다. 살포된 농약은 대부분 벼에 부착되었고 논물 또는 토양 중에 낙하된 비율은 낮은 편이었으며, 재배환경 중 분해 속도는 벼> 물>토양 순이었다. 항공방제 포장의 벼 수확 후 토양 중살포농약의 잔류량은 불검출 ${\sim}0.201\;mg/kg$이었으며, 현미와 볏짚에서는 검출되지 않았다. 또한 항공살포에 의한 벼와 주변작물에 대한 약해반응은 무시할 수준이었다.