Paper Title
Design, Construction and Performance Test of a Foot Pump Sprayer
Abstract
A sprayer is a gadget used to spray a fluid. For pesticide control agriculturists need to splash bug sprays on their
yields. For this reason, diverse kinds of sprayers are utilized. Little-scale ranchers are by and large inspired by the physical lever
worked Knapsack sprayer for its ease. This sort of sprayer can be utilized to splash bug spray on fields of products however not
on mango or lychee trees. Since it can't spray to a higher elevation. This paper emphasizes on a foot operated spraying pump
which can meet the reason for splashing on mango or lychee trees with the end goal of pesticide control. The novelty of this
device is that it can keep up high pressure with low work which makes it simple to shower to a higher elevation. The proposed
foot operated sprayer has been designed and constructed accordingly. The performance tests have been done to measure
significant aspects of the sprayer like the highest elevation of water it can spray, which was found to be 5.48 meters. All the
results found were satisfactory compared to the existing sprayers in the market.
Keywords - Foot Pump, Sprayer, Performance Analysis, Knapsack Sprayer, Nozzle, Paddle