Slurry tanker retrofitting with variable rate dosing system: a case study

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M. Brambilla
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A. Calcante
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R. Oberti
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C. Bisaglia
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361–368
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https://doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-814-8_44

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To meet farmers’ growing need to have appropriate tools to comply with environmental protection as well as with law requirements focused on livestock nitrogen management, a retrofit variable rate control system for slurry tankers (adaptable to both new and used equipment) was developed. Distribution trials, conducted at two typical forward speeds (2 and 3 km/h) and at three different nitrogen application rates (170, 250 and 340 kg/ha), showed that such a system was able to limit the difference between nominal and measured application rates below 9% with good spreading uniformity and without being significantly affected by forward speed.

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Wageningen Academic
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01 Jul 2015
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