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What is Faraday Cage

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Handbook of Research on Uncovering New Methods for Ecosystem Management through Bioremediation
Faraday cage, a specially designed wire mess like structure which is called a cage, commonly used to collect the charged droplets coming out from the spraying system. The contact of the charge droplets onto the wire meshes of Faraday cage and transfer of the charge to the earth caused an electrical current which is detected by a microampere meter, the charged liquid spray is then collected at a specific time and weight. Then the spray current is divided by the mass flow rate to determine the charge to mass ratio.
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Fundamentals of Electrostatic Spraying: Basic Concepts and Engineering Practices
Manoj Kumar Patel (Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, India & CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, India) and Chirravoori Ghanshyam (CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, India)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 30
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8682-3.ch018
Abstract
The desired attributes of electrostatic spraying are uniform deposition onto both directly exposed or obscured crop surfaces which minimize the off-target losses of active ingredients to soil, water, atmosphere and provide more effective and economical pest control. This chapter presents an overview of electrostatic spraying technologies in the field of agriculture emphasizing the key role of advanced electrostatic instrumentation and chronicles the scientific innovations in the parlance of providing cost effective and reliable commercial systems along with an insight on the needs of future research perspectives and directives. It is aimed primarily at a familiarization with spraying concepts and engineering practices. This text is to bridge the knowledge and experience gap among researchers and technology developers and the people involved in electrostatic processes applied to agriculture and food processing. It will also introduce the engineering aspects of design and development of an electrostatic spraying nozzle for agricultural applications.
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