The Reduced-Order Model for Droplet Drift of Aerial Spraying under Random Lateral Wind

The droplet drift during aerial spraying process of oilseed rape, which is induced by complex flow field including random lateral wind, is difficult to predict and suppress. In this study, the high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique is employed to simulate the two-phase flow of dr...

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Main Authors: Wencheng Li, Wenyun Wang, Xiaomao Huang, Chenyang Li
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:International Journal of Aerospace Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/4840814
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description The droplet drift during aerial spraying process of oilseed rape, which is induced by complex flow field including random lateral wind, is difficult to predict and suppress. In this study, the high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique is employed to simulate the two-phase flow of droplets in the rotor flow field, and the influence of main operation parameters on spraying effect is investigated numerically. Furthermore, the mechanism of droplet deposition in various operation conditions is discussed according to the analysis of unsteady flow field characteristics. However, the simulation via CFD technique is time-consuming, and it is not suitable for multidisciplinary work and optimization design. To address such issue, a filter white Gaussian noise signal is used to mimic the random lateral wind, and the droplet drift distance is obtained numerically. Based on the input and output dataset of CFD, the recursive algorithm including nonlinear autoregressive exogenous model and surrogate-based recurrence framework and the deep learning method for time-series prediction called long short-term memory neural network are used to build the efficient reduced-order model, respectively. Numerical simulations show that the droplet drift distance can be predicted by measurable lateral wind speed via the reduced-order model approach, which agreed well with the results obtained via the CFD method. In addition, the reduced-order model could decrease computation cost by 6 orders of magnitude with an acceptable accuracy, which indicates that the proposed method could be used for the design of off-line closed-loop controller of a variable spraying system.
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spelling doaj-art-a6cbe87f33714590a2c67c71d188043a2025-02-03T05:50:41ZengWileyInternational Journal of Aerospace Engineering1687-59742022-01-01202210.1155/2022/4840814The Reduced-Order Model for Droplet Drift of Aerial Spraying under Random Lateral WindWencheng Li0Wenyun Wang1Xiaomao Huang2Chenyang Li3College of EngineeringThe 9Th Designing of China Aerospace Science and Industry CorporationCollege of EngineeringCollege of EngineeringThe droplet drift during aerial spraying process of oilseed rape, which is induced by complex flow field including random lateral wind, is difficult to predict and suppress. In this study, the high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique is employed to simulate the two-phase flow of droplets in the rotor flow field, and the influence of main operation parameters on spraying effect is investigated numerically. Furthermore, the mechanism of droplet deposition in various operation conditions is discussed according to the analysis of unsteady flow field characteristics. However, the simulation via CFD technique is time-consuming, and it is not suitable for multidisciplinary work and optimization design. To address such issue, a filter white Gaussian noise signal is used to mimic the random lateral wind, and the droplet drift distance is obtained numerically. Based on the input and output dataset of CFD, the recursive algorithm including nonlinear autoregressive exogenous model and surrogate-based recurrence framework and the deep learning method for time-series prediction called long short-term memory neural network are used to build the efficient reduced-order model, respectively. Numerical simulations show that the droplet drift distance can be predicted by measurable lateral wind speed via the reduced-order model approach, which agreed well with the results obtained via the CFD method. In addition, the reduced-order model could decrease computation cost by 6 orders of magnitude with an acceptable accuracy, which indicates that the proposed method could be used for the design of off-line closed-loop controller of a variable spraying system.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/4840814
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title The Reduced-Order Model for Droplet Drift of Aerial Spraying under Random Lateral Wind
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title_short The Reduced-Order Model for Droplet Drift of Aerial Spraying under Random Lateral Wind
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url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/4840814
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