ISSN 2756-3863
International Journal of Manures and Fertilizers Vol. 3 (3), pp. 479-488, March, 2014. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
The special effects of diverse distributor head types, air velocities and fertilizing rates on flow evenness for some manure
Kurt Balta
Department of Plant and Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Ege University, Bornova, izmir, Turkey. Email: Baltakurt@gmail.com
Accepted 1 February, 2014
Abstract
In this study, three different types of distributor head (T, funnel and Y) were tested at three air velocities of 26, 31 and 36 ms-1, and three different fertilizing rates were selected as 12, 16 and 20 kg da-1 for two different fertilizers having nitrogen (calcium ammonium nitrate and urea). The best results of flow evenness were obtained with the T type distributor head at the air velocity of 26 m s-1 and fertilizing rate of 20 kg da-1 for both calcium ammonium nitrate and urea. In addition, an increase in fertilizing rate had a positive effect on flow evenness.
Key words: Air velocity, distributor head, fertilizing rate, flow evenness, fertilizer.