Once methyl bromide is banned from agricultural use (in January 2005) in line with the Montreal Protocol, an alternative methods we have tested and it is based on thermo-mechanical soil sterilizer. We have designed a mobile machinery that performs the cutting and lifting of the soil that is conveyed in a rotating drum for the soil sterilization. Experimental and numerical results related to micro-organism population control in soil by means of direct soil burning are reported. Results of the micro-organism soil treatment are also reported. The heating and the loss of water in the experimental tested configurations do not involve any meaningful transformation in the physical structure of the mineral present in the clay fraction
Optimal design of a thermo-mechanical soil sterilizer by the use of computational fluid dynamics
FORMATO, ANDREA;
2002-01-01
Abstract
Once methyl bromide is banned from agricultural use (in January 2005) in line with the Montreal Protocol, an alternative methods we have tested and it is based on thermo-mechanical soil sterilizer. We have designed a mobile machinery that performs the cutting and lifting of the soil that is conveyed in a rotating drum for the soil sterilization. Experimental and numerical results related to micro-organism population control in soil by means of direct soil burning are reported. Results of the micro-organism soil treatment are also reported. The heating and the loss of water in the experimental tested configurations do not involve any meaningful transformation in the physical structure of the mineral present in the clay fractionI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
