Optimization Design of Online Mixing Apparatus and Mixing Performance Experiment for Crop Protection Equipment

Abstract

At present, the premixing method is used in the operation of plant protection machines. Premixing and dispensing often lead to uneven proportioning and mixing, thereby reducing the utilization rate of pesticides. There is a great potential safety hazard. In order to improve the effective utilization rate of pesticides in spray operations, an online hybrid system is designed. Based on the theory of computational fluid dynamics, the static mixer model with built-in spoiler was established, and the numerical analysis was carried out by using FLUENT software. The simulation results were analyzed by evaluating the coefficient of variation of mixing uniformity and consistency. Under pressure, the coefficient of variation of pesticide solution mixing was 3.2%. Then carmine solution was used to replace pesticide, and UV spectrophotometry was used to test. The results show that the maximum relative error of mixing stability at the nozzle of the mixing system is 4.301% and the maximum coefficient of variation of pesticide solution is 3.989% under pressurized condition. The experimental coefficient of variation is basically consistent with the simulation results. Practice has proved that the designed online hybrid system has good mixing effect and can be used for the later stage variable spray test of plant protection equipment.