Research on Influence of Angle of Deflector on Air Flow in Spray Area Based on Numerical Simulation

Abstract

The movement and distribution of the airflow field of the sprayer are very important for the distribution and penetration of the droplets. It is the focus and difficulty of the research to find the airflow field distribution of the fan outlet that matches the parameters of the canopy of the fruit tree. In order to study the influence of the angle change of the deflector of the orchard air-driven sprayer on the three-dimensional spatial distribution of the external air velocity field, this paper numerically simulated the external flow field based on computational fluid dynamics. The spray requirements of different fruit tree crown shapes were analyzed. The ICEM CFD software was used to model the external flow field. In order to improve the calculation efficiency, the model was divided into mixed grids. The k-ε turbulence model and Fluent solver are used for numerical solution. The flow fields of different deflectors are analyzed, and the influence of different positions and different sizes of deflector angles on the external flow field is determined.