Environmentally Optimised Sprayer (EOS)—A software application for comprehensive assessment of environmental safety features of sprayers
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Data di Pubblicazione:
2014
Abstract:
Despite technological progress in pesticide application equipment, chemical crop protection continues to contribute to environmental pollution. Water is at risk of contamination with pesticides from point and diffuse sources and could be reduced to a great extent with a better sprayer design. The sprayer manufacturers and pesticide applicators need to take more responsibility for the prevention of water pollution and therefore they have to make environmentally responsible decisions at different stages, from designing to servicing sprayers.
The objective of the presented work was to develop an interactive application that would support decisions made by sprayer manufacturers during the production process, and by pesticide applicators when selecting and operating the sprayers. The EOS (Environmentally Optimised Sprayer) is an application evaluating the risk mitigation potential of sprayers based on their technological features, within five risk areas, representing sources of pollution: (i) Inside Contamination; (ii) Outside Contamination; (iii) Filling; (iv) Spray Loss & Drift; (v) Remnants. The evaluator completes the EOS questionnaire by checking for the technical solutions identified in the evaluated sprayer and the result reflects the sprayer quality in terms of potential environmental risk
mitigation. The EOS tool also proved its awareness raising facility and educative value when used during training
activities and university courses.
Tipologia CRIS:
03A-Articolo su Rivista
Keywords:
Environment risk; risk mitigation; water protection; training; E-learning
Elenco autori:
Grzegorz Doruchowski; Balsari, Paolo; Emilio Gil; Marucco, Paolo; Manfred Roettele; Hans-Joachin Wehmann
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