1	Course Title:	WORKING CHARACTERISTICS, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF PLANT PROTECTION MACHINES
2	Course Code:	BSM5061
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	Third Cycle
5	Year of Study:	1
6	Semester:	1
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Halil Ünal
16	Course Lecturers:	Yok
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Halil ÜNAL e-posta : hunal@uludag.edu.tr Telefon: 0 224 2941607 Adres: Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi, Biyosistem Mühendisliği Bölümü, Görükle Kampüsü, 16059, Nilüfer/BURSA
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19	Objective of the Course:	To give information about the techniques of evaluating the performance of the sprayer in plant protection machines, for example, in pesticide applications with sprayers. There are many machines available today for the application of herbicides. However, the selection made by considering only the cost of spraying and the work capacity of the equipment to be used in the selection of equipment is often not sufficient. Within the scope of this course, other effective selection criteria (biological effectiveness, machine safety, etc.) will be given, apart from the cost of spraying and work capacity in the selection of plant protection machines.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Students learn to evaluate the performance of spraying machines and equipment, the cost of spraying and the work capacity of the equipment to be used, new techniques and machines, theoretically and practically.

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Learns the mechanisms of disintegration of liquid drugs into drops and effective factors.; 2 It measures and interprets the amount of deposition of the sprayed material on different target surfaces.; 3 Learns sampling techniques and trace materials that can be used for sampling purposes on target surfaces and can make analyzes.; 4 Have all the necessary information to evaluate the performance of any drug delivery machine.; 5 Knows the calculation of plant protection machines work success.; 6 Knows the effective parameters in the selection of plant protection machines.; 7 Knows the maintenance of plant protection machines.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Some important physical properties of liquids and their effects on disintegration, liquid drug degradation mechanisms: by pressure, centrifugal force, airflow, electro-hydrodynamic force.
2	Measurement of spray pattern characteristic drop diameters, Determination of spray pattern in the use of a single nozzle and multiple nozzles.
3	Drug drift and its causes, Drug drift reduction technologies, Drug accumulation and drift potential measurement methods on target surfaces in working with Field Sprayers.
4	Drug accumulation and drift potential measurement methods on target surfaces in working with garden sprayers with auxiliary air flow, Case studies in field and garden.
5	Fluorometric analysis of samples taken in the field and orchard, presentation and interpretation of the data in graphics and tables.
6	Trace materials and trace material selection used in drug delivery equipment evaluations, sampling surfaces selection and trace material separation techniques from sampling surfaces.
7	Plant protection machines carried on the back, Plant protection machines carried on the hand.
8	Tractor PTO driven, Plant Protection machines Self-propelled Plant Protection machines.
9	Environmental factors in machine selection, Safety/safety factors in machine selection.
10	Effect of spraying number and formulation in machine selection. Area and workforce requirement in machine selection.
11	In machine selection, characteristics of the area to be sprayed, ease of use, Evaluation of fixed, operating and service costs in machine selection.
12	Evaluation of machine robustness, spraying speed and carrier-water availability in machine selection, maintenance of sprayers.
13	Homework I
14	Homework II

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Matthews, G. A., Hislop, E. C., Application Techology for Crop Protection. ISBN:0 85198 834 2. Matthews, G.A.,2000. Pesticide Application Methods. 3rd Edition. Blackwell Science 3. ISO 5682-2: Equipment for crop protection-Spraying equipment Part 2: Test methods for hydraulic Sprayers 4. ASABE S 561.1. ARP2004. Procedure for Measuring Drift Deposits from Ground, Orchard and aerial sprayers. 5. Koch, H., Knewitz, H., 2008. Methodology and sampling technique of spray deposit and distribution measurement in vineyards. Nachrichtenbl. Deut. Pflanzenschutzd., 60 (2). S. 25–30, 2008, ISSN 0027-7479.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	14	40
Final Exam	1	60
Total	15	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Measurement and evaluation are carried out according to the principles of Bursa Uludağ University Graduate Education Regulations.
Information	The results are determined by the letter grade determined by the student automation system.

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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	14	4	56
Homeworks, Performances	14	10	50
Projects	1	28	28
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	0	0	0
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	2	2
Total WorkLoad			178
Total workload/ 30 hr			5,93
ECTS Credit of the Course			6

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 5 4 4 4 5 2 4 5 4 5 4 5 LO2 5 4 4 3 4 2 3 5 5 5 4 4 LO3 4 4 5 4 4 2 4 5 4 4 4 4 LO4 4 5 5 5 5 2 4 4 5 5 4 4 LO5 4 5 5 5 5 2 4 3 4 5 4 5 LO6 5 4 4 4 5 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 LO7 5 4 4 5 4 3 5 4 5 4 4 2

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High