Intelligent automated system based on a fuzzy logic system for plant protection product control in orchards

Berk, Peter (author), Belšak, Aleš (author), Stajnko, Denis (author), Lakota, Miran (author), Muškinja, Nenad (author), Hočevar, Marko (author), Rakun, Jurij (author)

The spraying of plant protection product (PPP) in orchards is a very hazardous working procedure, owing to the spray drift caused by the uneven operation of conventional axial boom sprayers. This research describes an intelligent automated system for precise (PPP) distribution in real-time. It is based on an intelligent decision-making model using ultrasonic measurements of leaf area density under laboratory conditions, which serve to trigger electromagnetic valves (EMV) on the axial boom sprayer. A fuzzy logic algorithm was an integrated part of the intelligent system for controlling the PPP by generating the pulse width modulation signal and applying it through the EMV of the prototype boom sprayer. The results showed that by using an intelligent decision-making model, the same efficiency as with conventional methods could be achieved, but with reduced usage of plant protection products. Thus, the intelligent automated system used 4.8 times less spray mixture than the conventional one.

• Language: English
• Keywords: plant protection products, boom sprayers, electromagnetic valves, fuzzy logic algorithm, tree canopy
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.05.2019
• Publisher: IJABE
• Year: 2019
• Number of pages: Str. 92-102
• Numbering: Vol. 12, no. 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-126449
• UDC: 631
• ISSN on article: 1934-6344
• DOI: 10.25165/j.ijabe.20191203.4476
• COBISS.SI-ID: 4583468
• Publication date in RUL: 22.04.2021

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: International journal of agricultural and biological engineering
• Shortened title: Int. j. agric. biol. eng.
• Publisher: IJABE
• ISSN: 1934-6344
• COBISS.SI-ID: 519169049

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 01.05.2019

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Keywords: fitofarmacevtska sredstva, škropilnice, elektromagnetni ventili, mehki logični algoritem

Projects

• Funder: Other - Other funder or multiple funders
• Project number: 3211-10-00004
• Name: EUREKA