SPRAY PATTERN OF NOZZLE SYSTEMS

A system and method for dispersing fluids from an agricultural vehicle includes a sprayer that dispenses the fluids and a controller cooperative with a plurality of sensors to sense vehicle travel speed, vehicle travel direction, wind speed, wind direction, and the heights of first and second nozzle...

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Main Authors Feldhaus Johannes, Wu Dolly Y, Humpal Richard A
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 22.12.2016
Subjects
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUSPLANTS
APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
ATOMISING APPARATUS
CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS
CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED
FERTILISING
FISHING
FORESTRY
HORTICULTURE
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HUNTING
NOZZLES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PLANTING
SOWING
SPRAYING APPARATUS
SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL
TRANSPORTING
TRAPPING
WATERING
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Summary:A system and method for dispersing fluids from an agricultural vehicle includes a sprayer that dispenses the fluids and a controller cooperative with a plurality of sensors to sense vehicle travel speed, vehicle travel direction, wind speed, wind direction, and the heights of first and second nozzles from the ground surface. The controller includes a memory storing a look-up table having fan angles of the first and second nozzles, and a processor that computes first and second spray pattern on the ground surface based on the fluid dispensed through the respective first and second nozzles. The processor determines an overlap region between the first and second spray patterns, compares the determined overlap region with a pre-determined overlap, and takes corrective action automatically by changing travel speed of the vehicle or changing a duration of time the fluids are dispensed from the first and second nozzles.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201615188703