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El-Sayed, A., Kabany, A., Elhelew, W. (2021). A Study on Pesticide Sprayer Powered by Solar Energy Appropriate for Small Farms. Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 29(2), 505-517. doi: 10.21608/ajs.2021.69291.1354
AHMED El-Sayed; Abdel-Fadil Kabany; Waleed Elhelew. "A Study on Pesticide Sprayer Powered by Solar Energy Appropriate for Small Farms". Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 29, 2, 2021, 505-517. doi: 10.21608/ajs.2021.69291.1354
El-Sayed, A., Kabany, A., Elhelew, W. (2021). 'A Study on Pesticide Sprayer Powered by Solar Energy Appropriate for Small Farms', Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 29(2), pp. 505-517. doi: 10.21608/ajs.2021.69291.1354
El-Sayed, A., Kabany, A., Elhelew, W. A Study on Pesticide Sprayer Powered by Solar Energy Appropriate for Small Farms. Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2021; 29(2): 505-517. doi: 10.21608/ajs.2021.69291.1354

A Study on Pesticide Sprayer Powered by Solar Energy Appropriate for Small Farms

Article 3, Volume 29, Issue 2, August 2021, Page 505-517  XML PDF (724.46 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ajs.2021.69291.1354
Authors
AHMED El-Sayed email orcid ; Abdel-Fadil Kabany; Waleed Elhelew
Agricultural Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
The study was conducted on a knapsack
sprayer powered by a DC motor through a 12 V lead acid battery charged from a solar panel (photovoltaic) directed to sun rays. The system was installed and tested in the western desert on a small-scale farm at Frafra Oasis (New val-ley). This study aimed to evaluate and develop a knapsack sprayer powered by a solar energy for overcoming operator fatigue and shortage of traditional energy in Egypt’s western desert. The experiments were conducted during the period which starts in August 2019 till Febru-ary 2020. The main parts of the system consist of photovoltaic (PV) or solar cells, charger controller, rechargeable battery, and DC motor speed control with dimmer and pump which was attached with a tank 20 liters capacity for sucking and pressurizing the liquid to the boom of the sprayer through a flexible hose. The main results of experiments were as fol-lows: The time for recharging the battery com-pletely was found 330 minutes (5.5 hours) to charge completely from 10.55 V – 13.85 V, with current intensity 1.67 Ampere. The bat-tery discharge time was varied due to drop the battery voltage from 13.85 – 10.55 Volts. De-pending on the motor speed, which is the time for discharging the battery was found 4 – 9 hours, when motor pulled 0.85 - 1.85 Amps at 2000 - 3400 rpm and this time at deferent speed is enough to spray area 3 - 6.82 fed/day "day work = 6 hours" with application rate 67 - 104.7 l/fed. The number of droplets and the area coverage percentage ranges from 30 – 146.33 drops and 13.96 – 27.97% for one cm2 of simulator targets at a speed ranging from 2000 – 3400 rpm, respectively.
Keywords
A knapsack sprayer; Solar energy; DC motor; Charger controller; Battery charg-ing time; Discharging time
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