Das thermische Spritzen ist ein industrieller Beschichtungsprozess, der hauptsächlich zum Schutz oder zur Funktionalisierung von Bauteiloberflächen eingesetzt wird. In der Regel werden mit diesem Verfahren Schichten mit einer Dicke von 50 bis zu einigen 100 Mikrometern aufgetragen, die überwiegend durch mechanische Verklammerung haften, wodurch die Materialeigenschaften des Bauteils weitgehend erhalten bleiben. Mit der Einführung von Suspensionen als neue Kategorie der Spritzzusätze etabliert sich gerade eine der weitreichendsten Innovationen der letzten Jahre auf dem Gebiet des thermischen Spritzens. Suspensionen sind Stoffgemische, die aus einer feindispersen, festen Phase, dem Schichtwerkstoff, und einer flüssigen Phase als Trägermedium bestehen. Damit können Partikel mit geringerer Größe in den Beschichtungsprozess eingebracht werden, so dass sich dünnere Schichten und feinere Mikrostrukturen realisieren lassen. Das thermische Spritzen mit Suspensionen erweitert damit den Anwendungsbereich und bildet eine Brückentechnologie zu den Vakuum- Dünnschichtverfahren. Im Fokus dieser Arbeit stehen die drei wichtigen keramischen Werkstoffe Aluminiumoxid, Chromoxid und yttriumstabilisiertes Zirkonoxid, die in der Form von wasserbasierten Suspensionen als Spritzzusätze für das Atmosphärische Plasmaspritzen (APS) und das Hochgeschwindigkeitsflammspritzen (HVOF) verwendet werden. Für die Injektion der Suspension in das Plasma oder die Flamme wird ein automatisiertes Suspensionsfördersystem verwendet. Darüber hinaus werden spezielle mehrteilige Injektoren entwickelt und getestet. Es werden neue Erkenntnisse zur statistischen Auswertung der Zusammenhänge zwischen den Injektionsparametern, den messbaren Eigenschaften der Tropfenwolke während der Zerstäubung, den Partikeleigenschaften im Spritzstrahl und den daraus resultierenden Schichteigenschaften vorgestellt. Dafür wurde eine neue Kenngröße für den Beschichtungserfolg, ein sogenannter Beschichtungsfaktor, hergeleitet, der sich mit vergleichsweise geringem Aufwand bestimmen lässt und außerdem die zusätzlichen Prozessvariablen beim Suspensionsspritzen mit berücksichtigt. Im Anschluss werden Beispiele für wasserbasierte, suspensionsgespritzte Schichten aus den drei keramischen Werkstoffen vorgestellt, bei denen durch entsprechende Charakterisierungsmethoden das Anwendungspotential im Vergleich zu Spritzschichten nach dem Stand der Technik verdeutlicht wird. Die Anwendungsgebiete umfassen dabei die elektrische Isolation, den Verschleißschutz sowie die thermische Isolation. Den Abschluss der Arbeit bildet eine kritische Diskussion der Eignung von wasserbasierten Suspensionen für das thermische Spritzen mit Plasma- und Flammspritzprozessen. Es werden die Vor- und Nachteile dieser Beschichtungstechnik analysiert und Verbesserungsvorschläge sowohl für die weitere Suspensions- als auch für die Anlagenentwicklung unterbreitet.

This thesis work is focused on the influence of process parameters during gas atomization on the thermal spraying properties of a Ni-Cr-B-Si hardfacing alloy. The metal powder alloy, known as 1-60-20, is produced by Höganäs AB. There have been problems with insufficient fusing during flame spraying of this particular alloy sometimes, even though the chemical composition is always within spec. This has lead to a theory that the difference in performance is caused by differences in parameters during gas atomization. Several gas-gas and gas-water atomizations with varying parameters were performed at the Höganäs Pilot Centre. The powder samples were then analyzed by sieving, scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction and finally tested by powder welding. The results show that by increasing the cooling rate during gas atomization the formation of unstable Ni-borides is possible for this alloy. If these Ni-borides will enhance the fusing properties of the alloy is unknown. According to the literature studied, it should however improve the fusing properties.

The thesis is focused on the possibility of establishing correlation relationships for the strength characteristics of sprayed concrete. The aim of the thesis is to study the fundamental properties of sprayed concrete recipes. An important point of the thesis will bemade by spraying concrete compared with concrete made with laboratory pressure. Based on the achieved results will be compiled correlation equations for a given set of concrete.

Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit dem Einfluss der Porosität lichtbogendrahtgespritzter Zylinderlaufbahnen auf das Reibungsverhalten. Hierzu wird das fokussierte System aus Kolbenring, Schmierstoff und Lauffläche zunächst für einen repräsentativen Betriebspunkt per numerischer Abschätzung der Kolbenringzwischendrücke sowie der Schmierfilmdicke analysiert und eine Einteilung der Reibungszustände vorgenommen. Unter anderem auf Basis der strömungsmechanischen Ähnlichkeitstheorie erfolgt im Anschluss eine Ableitung von Betriebspunkten für experimentelle Untersuchungen an einem Mittelhub-Tribometer im Bereich der Grenzreibung sowie Mischreibung und Hydrodynamik. An diesem Modellprüfstand werden daraufhin zum einen Laufbahnsegmente differenter Porosität gegen einen nitrierten Kompressionsring bewertet. Neben skalaren Größen dienen wegaufgelöste Signale über dem Hub zur Analyse des Reibungsverhaltens. In Ergänzung zu den nitrierten Oberflächen wird das Potenzial einer ta-C Beschichtung zur Reibungsreduzierung bewertet. Die Übertragbarkeit der erarbeiteten Erkenntnisse auf den verbrennungsmotorischen Betrieb wird über eine Messreihe an einem Einzylinderprüfstand untersucht. Auch hier werden Oberflächendaten verwendet, um eine Korrelation zwischen den ermittelten Reibmitteldrücken respektive den wegaufgelösten Signalen und der Porosität herstellen zu können. Über diese experimentellen Untersuchungen hinaus wird das Verhalten des Schmierfilms zwischen dem Kolbenring und einzelner Poren der Lauffläche mit Hilfe der dreidimensionalen numerischen Strömungssimulation analysiert. Hierzu werden Laufbahnsegmente per Computertomographie vermessen, einzelne Porenobjekte isoliert und für die Simulation aufbereitet. Im Rahmen von stationären Berechnungen wird zunächst eine Vielzahl einzelner Objekte in einem abstrahierten System strömungsmechanisch untersucht. Die Analyse ausgewählter Poren in transienten Strömungssimulationen und die Bewertung der Übertragbarkeit der Erkenntnisse schließen diese Arbeit ab.:1. Einleitung und wissenschaftliche Zielsetzung 1.1. Einführung 1.2. Zielsetzung und Aufbau der Arbeit 2. Grundlagen 2.1. Grundlagen der Tribologie 2.1.1. Reibung 2.1.2. Verschleiß 2.1.3. Schmierung und Schmierstoffe 2.2. Geometrische Charakterisierung von Oberflächen 2.3. Amorphe Kohlenstoffschichten 2.4. Kolbengruppe und Zylinderlaufbahn 2.5. Strömungsmechanik 2.5.1. Strömungsmechanische Grundlagen 2.5.2. Grundgleichungen der Strömungsmechanik 3. Methoden 3.1. Topographie von Oberflächen 3.1.1. Konfokalmikroskopie 3.1.2. Computertomographie 3.2. Untersuchung tribologischer Eigenschaften 3.2.1. Mittelhub-Tribometer 3.2.2. Einzylinderprüfstand 3.3. Numerische Strömungssimulation 3.3.1. Vernetzungsmethoden 3.3.2. Finite-Differenzen-Methode 3.3.3. Finite-Volumen-Methode 3.3.4. Instationäre Strömungen 3.3.5. Turbulente Strömungen 3.3.6. Kompressible Strömungen 4. Analyse des Systems aus Kolbenring, Schmierstoff und Zylinderlaufbahn 4.1. Bewertung der Kolbenringzwischendrücke 4.2. Numerische Berechnung der Schmierfilmdicke 4.3. Analyse der Reibzustände 5. Experimentelle Analyse 5.1. Untersuchungen am Mittelhub-Tribometer 5.1.1. Ableitung der Betriebspunkte, des Prüfablaufs und der Versuchsmatrix 5.1.2. Analyse der Oberflächen der Versuchsteile 5.1.3. Signalaufbereitung und -bewertung 5.1.4. Ergebnisse im Bereich der Grenzreibung 5.1.5. Ergebnisse im Bereich der Mischreibung und Hydrodynamik 5.2. Untersuchungen am befeuerten Einzylinderprüfstand 5.2.1. Prüfablauf und Versuchsmatrix 5.2.2. Analyse der Oberflächen der Versuchsteile 5.2.3. Ergebnisse der Messungen am Einzylinderprüfstand 5.3. Übertragbarkeit der Messergebnisse für den repräsentativen Betriebspunkt 6. Strömungssimulation des Schmierfilms 6.1. Extraktion und Aufbereitung der Poren aus der Zylinderlaufbahn 6.1.1. Vermessung und Aufbereitung der Laufbahnsegmente 6.1.2. Extraktion und Aufbereitung der Poren 6.2. Stationäre Strömungssimulation 6.2.1. Modellierung des Systems und Automatisierung der Berechnung 6.2.2. Ergebnisse 6.3. Transiente Strömungssimulation 6.3.1. Modellierung des Systems 6.3.2. Ergebnisse 7. Zusammenfassung und Ausblick 7.1. Zusammenfassung 7.2. Ausblick Literatur Abbildungsverzeichnis Tabellenverzeichnis Nomenklatur A. Anhang A.1. Anhang zu Kapitel 5 A.2. Anhang zu Kapitel 6 / This work deals with the influence of the porosity of twin wire arc sprayed cylinder liner on the friction behavior. For this purpose, the focused system of piston ring, lubricant and liner is first analyzed for a representative operating point by numerical estimation of the piston ring intermediate pressures as well as the lubricant film thickness and a classification of the friction states is carried out. Among other things, based on the mechanics of flow similarities, a calculation of operating points for experimental investigations on a medium stroke tribometer in the field of boundary friction as well as mixed and hydrodynamic friction is done subsequently. After that, on this model test bench, cylinder segments of different porosity are evaluated against a nitrided piston ring. Beside scalar values, signals above the stroke are used to analyze friction behavior. In addition to the nitrided surfaces, the potential of a ta-C coating for friction reduction is investigated. The transferability of the developed findings to the combustion-engined operation is evaluated via a series of measurements on a single cylinder test bench. Here, too, surface data is used to establish a correlation between the mean effective pressure of frictional forces determined or the signals above the stroke and the porosity. In addition to these experimental investigations, the behaviour of the lubricant film between the piston ring and single pores of the cylinder surface is evaluated using the three-dimensional numerical flow simulation. For this purpose, liner segments are measured by computed tomography, individual pore objects are isolated and processed for simulation. In the context of stationary calculations, a large number of individual objects are first examined in an abstracted system. The analysis of selected pores in transient flow simulations and the evaluation of the transferability of the findings complete this work.:1. Einleitung und wissenschaftliche Zielsetzung 1.1. Einführung 1.2. Zielsetzung und Aufbau der Arbeit 2. Grundlagen 2.1. Grundlagen der Tribologie 2.1.1. Reibung 2.1.2. Verschleiß 2.1.3. Schmierung und Schmierstoffe 2.2. Geometrische Charakterisierung von Oberflächen 2.3. Amorphe Kohlenstoffschichten 2.4. Kolbengruppe und Zylinderlaufbahn 2.5. Strömungsmechanik 2.5.1. Strömungsmechanische Grundlagen 2.5.2. Grundgleichungen der Strömungsmechanik 3. Methoden 3.1. Topographie von Oberflächen 3.1.1. Konfokalmikroskopie 3.1.2. Computertomographie 3.2. Untersuchung tribologischer Eigenschaften 3.2.1. Mittelhub-Tribometer 3.2.2. Einzylinderprüfstand 3.3. Numerische Strömungssimulation 3.3.1. Vernetzungsmethoden 3.3.2. Finite-Differenzen-Methode 3.3.3. Finite-Volumen-Methode 3.3.4. Instationäre Strömungen 3.3.5. Turbulente Strömungen 3.3.6. Kompressible Strömungen 4. Analyse des Systems aus Kolbenring, Schmierstoff und Zylinderlaufbahn 4.1. Bewertung der Kolbenringzwischendrücke 4.2. Numerische Berechnung der Schmierfilmdicke 4.3. Analyse der Reibzustände 5. Experimentelle Analyse 5.1. Untersuchungen am Mittelhub-Tribometer 5.1.1. Ableitung der Betriebspunkte, des Prüfablaufs und der Versuchsmatrix 5.1.2. Analyse der Oberflächen der Versuchsteile 5.1.3. Signalaufbereitung und -bewertung 5.1.4. Ergebnisse im Bereich der Grenzreibung 5.1.5. Ergebnisse im Bereich der Mischreibung und Hydrodynamik 5.2. Untersuchungen am befeuerten Einzylinderprüfstand 5.2.1. Prüfablauf und Versuchsmatrix 5.2.2. Analyse der Oberflächen der Versuchsteile 5.2.3. Ergebnisse der Messungen am Einzylinderprüfstand 5.3. Übertragbarkeit der Messergebnisse für den repräsentativen Betriebspunkt 6. Strömungssimulation des Schmierfilms 6.1. Extraktion und Aufbereitung der Poren aus der Zylinderlaufbahn 6.1.1. Vermessung und Aufbereitung der Laufbahnsegmente 6.1.2. Extraktion und Aufbereitung der Poren 6.2. Stationäre Strömungssimulation 6.2.1. Modellierung des Systems und Automatisierung der Berechnung 6.2.2. Ergebnisse 6.3. Transiente Strömungssimulation 6.3.1. Modellierung des Systems 6.3.2. Ergebnisse 7. Zusammenfassung und Ausblick 7.1. Zusammenfassung 7.2. Ausblick Literatur Abbildungsverzeichnis Tabellenverzeichnis Nomenklatur A. Anhang A.1. Anhang zu Kapitel 5 A.2. Anhang zu Kapitel 6

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This work focuses on path planning for an autonomous UAV to tour and cover multiple regions in the shortest time. The three challenges to be solved are - finding the right optimal order to tour the neighborhoods, determining entry and exit points to neighborhoods, and covering each neighborhood. Two approaches have been explored and compared to achieve this goal - a TSP - Greedy and TSP - Dijkstra's. Both of them use a TSP solution to determine the optimal order of touring. They also use the same back and forth motion to cover each region. However, while the first approach uses a brute force to determine the the next closest node of entry or exit, the second approach utilizes the Dijkstra's algorithm to compute all possible paths to every node in the graph, and therefore choose the shortest pairs of entry and exit for each region, that would generate the shorter path, overall. The main contribution of this work is to implement an existing algorithm to combine the touring and covering problem, and propose a new algorithm to perform the same. Empirical results comparing performances of both approaches are included. Hardware experiments are performed on a spraying hexacopter, using the TSP - Greedy approach. Unique system characteristics are studied to make conclusions about stability of the platform. Future directions are identified to improve both software and hardware performance. / Master of Science / In a world with a rapidly growing population and resources depleting faster, increasing efficiency and productivity has become paramount. Until now, automation has helped cope with the world’s increasing demand for food. However, studies have shown that automation in itself will be insufficient in improving crop output in the coming years. Fortunately, another technology that is taking big leaps in terms of technological advances - Information Technology, when combined with automation, presents itself as a viable option. This takes agriculture towards a site-specific approach for all crop monitoring, growth and protection activities and is know as Precision Agriculture. Spraying fluids on crops using a UAV is on of the prominent problems being researched in this field. This work presents two approaches - TSP - Greedy and TSP - Dijkstra’s to tour or visit and spray multiple regions that have been previously identified in the shortest time. While the TSP - Greedy algorithm is an implementation of an existing approach, the TSP - Dijkstra’s algorithm is a new approach proposed in this work. The solution to TSP or Traveling Salesman Problem generates the optimal order to visit the regions. The ’Greedy’ or ’Dijsktra’s’ approaches define entry and exit points for each region, that gives the shortest path overall. Images of areas with weed afflicted regions marked on them are used as the input for this algorithm. The TSP-Greedy approach is used in performing hardware experiments. Data collected from these experiments are used to analyze performance of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platform. Water has been used as the spraying fluid for testing the sprayer assembly. GPS or Global Positioning System is used for navigation of the UAV. Future directions are identified to improve both software and hardware performance.

A aplicação eficiente de agrotóxicos é um desafio na produção agrícola, mesmo considerando os avanços com a agricultura de precisão. O efeito deriva é o principal responsável pela ineficiência no controle das pragas ou doenças, pelo desperdício de recursos e pela contaminação ambiental. Para minimizar a deriva é essencial conhecer as condições ambientais como vento, temperatura e umidade. Esta pesquisa propõe o uso das redes de sensores sem fio como sistema de monitoramento ambiental e de suporte ao processo de pulverização agrícola, especialmente a pulverização executada por aeronave. São propostas três funcionalidades para o sistema: avaliação das condições ambientais, verificando se as condições estão apropriadas para a pulverização, buscando minimizar a ocorrência da deriva; suporte na definição e manutenção da rota do veículo pulverizador por meio dos dados do vento, de modo a efetuar ajustes na rota de pulverização e manter a aplicação do defensivo agrícola na área alvo; e a avaliação da eficácia da pulverização por meio dos dados da deposição do produto pulverizado coletados pela rede de sensores. Para viabilizar a utilização das redes de sensores sem fio no controle da deriva é proposto um protocolo de roteamento de dados que visa garantir a coleta dos dados pelos nós e a entrega para o veículo pulverizador, mesmo sendo ele um avião e se deslocando em alta velocidade. Para demonstrar a viabilidade do sistema proposto, foi desenvolvido um sistema de simulação computacional que considera os aspectos das redes de sensores sem fio e as características do protocolo de roteamento proposto. Os resultados demonstraram sua viabilidade, demonstrando que as redes de sensores sem fio podem ser utilizadas como suporte em um sistema de controle da deriva, incrementando a qualidade da pulverização, reduzindo custos e a contaminação ambiental. / The efficient application of low cost pesticides is a challenge for agricultural production. Pesticide drift is the major cause of money loss, inefficiency in crop disease control, and environmental contamination in the crop spraying process. At the time of application, it is essential to know the environmental conditions, such as wind, temperature and humidity to minimize contamination by pesticide drift. This study proposes the use of wireless sensor networks in a support and control system for crop spraying, especially in aircraft application methods. Three system functionalities are proposed: In the first case, the sensor network evaluates environmental data at the time of application to notify the user if the environmental conditions are suitable for continuing with the application. The second case evaluates the wind speed and its direction to suggest corrections in the path of a spray vehicle. Due to this alteration in the vehicle path, the pesticide will be applied only in the appropriate area. The final case involves collecting data samples and analyzing the quality of the spraying operation by evaluating the deposition of pesticide over the crop. This work proposes a new routing data protocol to make possible the use of wireless sensor networks in aerial crop spraying. It ensures that the sensor node data will be delivered to the sink node. Through computer simulations, wireless sensor networks are shown to be useful in crop spraying to minimize and to control pesticide drift, to improve the quality of application, to reduce environmental contamination and to reduce costs and the duration of the application operation.

Orientador: Carlos Gilberto Raetano / Banca: Wilson Badiali Crocomo / Banca: Hamilton Humberto Ramos / Resumo: A pulverização é a mais importante técnica de aplicação de produtos fitossanitários na cultura do crisântemo. A otimização dessa tecnologia pode ser obtida com a transferência de carga elétrica às gotas, as quais são fortemente atraídas pelas plantas, minimizando a exposição dos aplicadores e as perdas para o ambiente. O trabalho objetivou avaliar a deposição das gotas de pulverização dotadas de carga elétrica (eletrostática) em comparação à técnica de pulverização convencional, bem como a eficiência dessas técnicas no controle de Tetranychus urticae na cultura do crisântemo. Os experimentos foram conduzidos no delineamento inteiramente ao acaso. No experimento para avaliação da deposição da pulverização foram realizados oito tratamentos com quatro repetições. Cada repetição foi representada por doze plantas às quais foram afixados papéis do tipo mataborrão na superfície abaxial e adaxial dos folíolos e em duas posições da planta: ápice e base. Foram utilizadas quatro pontas de pulverização (TXVK-3, AXI 110015, AXI 12002 TWIN e AXI 11003) combinadas às técnicas de pulverização eletrostática e convencional. Um corante marcador (Rodamina B) foi pulverizado na proporção de 5 gramas por 100 litros d’água em cada um dos tratamentos. Os depósitos do corante marcador foram quantificados por 2 fluorometria. A eficiência dos tratamentos no controle do ácaro-rajado foi estabelecido pela combinação do tipo de ponta (AXI 110015, AXI 12002 TWIN e TXVK-3), da técnica de pulverização (eletrostática e convencional) e do produto para o controle do ácaro (azociclotina e espirodiclofeno, nas doses de 25 e 4,8 mL de i.a. por 100 L d’água, respectivamente) mais dois tratamentos adicionais (testemunhas). Avaliações da população do ácaro foram realizadas antes e aos 3, 7, 11 e 15 dias após a pulverização pela contagem... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrôncio abaixo) / Abstract: Spraying is the most important pesticide application technique for healthy development of chrysanthemum plants. The optimization of this technology can be obtained with the transference of the electric charge in the droplets. These droplets are strongly attracted by plants, minimizing the workers exposition as well as loss to the environment. The research aims to evaluate the spray deposition with electric charge (electrostatic) compared to conventional application technique. It also aims to evaluate the efficiency of these techniques in the Tetranychus urticae control of chrysanthemum plants. The experiments were carried out entirely at random. In the deposition experiment eight treatments were set with four repeats. Each repeat was represented by twelve chrysanthemum plants. Blotting paper was placed on the abaxial and adaxial surfaces of two leaves in different positions of the plants: top and bottom. Four spray nozzles (TXVK-3, AXI 110015, AXI 12002 TWIN and AXI 11003) were combined to different spraying techniques (electrostatic and conventional). A tracer dye (Rodamina B) was applied in the ratio of 5 grams per 100 L of water in each one of the treatments. Deposits of the tracer dye were quantified by fluorometery. The efficiency of treatments in the control of spider mite was established by combination of spray nozzle type (AXI 110015, AXI TWIN and TXVK-3), with different application techniques and the acaricides (azocyclotin and espirodiclofen, at the dosages 25 and 4,8mL of a.i. per 100 L of water, respectively), plus two additional treatments (checks). The evaluations of spider mite population were realized until and at 3, 7, 11 and 15 days after spraying by counting the number of mites in pre-established area of 1 4 cm2 in the top leaves of the plants. The percentage of efficiency of the control was calculated by the adapted formula of Henderson e Tilton... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

Les composites à matrice céramique sont utilisés dans les moteurs aéronautiques en raison de leur stabilité à haute température et de leurs propriétés mécaniques. Cependant, quand ils sont soumis à des environnements sévères (haute température, haute pression, environnement oxydant et humide), ils s'oxydent et se dégradent dû à la volatilisation de la silice protectrice formée en surface par oxydation du CMC. Par conséquent, pour augmenter la durée de vie de ces matériaux, il est nécessaire d'appliquer une protection externe contre la corrosion. Ceci constitue l'objectif de ma thèse. La démarche expérimentale a été la suivante : (i) identification des matériaux de revêtement à étudier ; (ii) validation du choix des matériaux par étude de leur stabilité structurale et de leurs compatibilités chimique et thermomécanique avec le substrat ; (iii) étude de la stabilité des matériaux de revêtement sous atmosphère corrosive et enfin (iv) comportement des revêtements sur composites. / The ceramic matrix composites can be used in aeronautic engines due to their high temperature stability and their mechanical properties. However, under a corrosive environment, an oxidation and then a recession of the CMC occured because of the volatilization of the silica scale formed at the surface of the composite. Consequently, in order to increase the lifetime of such materials, a external protection against corrosion is required. This is the aim of my Ph-D thesis. The experimental approach is the following : (i) identification of the coating materials ; (ii) validation of the selected materials by studying their structural stability and their chemical and thermomechanical compatibilities with the substrate ; (iii) determination of the thermal stability of the materials under a corrosive environment and (iv) behaviour of the coatings onto the CMC.

A aplicação eficiente de agrotóxicos é um desafio na produção agrícola, mesmo considerando os avanços com a agricultura de precisão. O efeito deriva é o principal responsável pela ineficiência no controle das pragas ou doenças, pelo desperdício de recursos e pela contaminação ambiental. Para minimizar a deriva é essencial conhecer as condições ambientais como vento, temperatura e umidade. Esta pesquisa propõe o uso das redes de sensores sem fio como sistema de monitoramento ambiental e de suporte ao processo de pulverização agrícola, especialmente a pulverização executada por aeronave. São propostas três funcionalidades para o sistema: avaliação das condições ambientais, verificando se as condições estão apropriadas para a pulverização, buscando minimizar a ocorrência da deriva; suporte na definição e manutenção da rota do veículo pulverizador por meio dos dados do vento, de modo a efetuar ajustes na rota de pulverização e manter a aplicação do defensivo agrícola na área alvo; e a avaliação da eficácia da pulverização por meio dos dados da deposição do produto pulverizado coletados pela rede de sensores. Para viabilizar a utilização das redes de sensores sem fio no controle da deriva é proposto um protocolo de roteamento de dados que visa garantir a coleta dos dados pelos nós e a entrega para o veículo pulverizador, mesmo sendo ele um avião e se deslocando em alta velocidade. Para demonstrar a viabilidade do sistema proposto, foi desenvolvido um sistema de simulação computacional que considera os aspectos das redes de sensores sem fio e as características do protocolo de roteamento proposto. Os resultados demonstraram sua viabilidade, demonstrando que as redes de sensores sem fio podem ser utilizadas como suporte em um sistema de controle da deriva, incrementando a qualidade da pulverização, reduzindo custos e a contaminação ambiental. / The efficient application of low cost pesticides is a challenge for agricultural production. Pesticide drift is the major cause of money loss, inefficiency in crop disease control, and environmental contamination in the crop spraying process. At the time of application, it is essential to know the environmental conditions, such as wind, temperature and humidity to minimize contamination by pesticide drift. This study proposes the use of wireless sensor networks in a support and control system for crop spraying, especially in aircraft application methods. Three system functionalities are proposed: In the first case, the sensor network evaluates environmental data at the time of application to notify the user if the environmental conditions are suitable for continuing with the application. The second case evaluates the wind speed and its direction to suggest corrections in the path of a spray vehicle. Due to this alteration in the vehicle path, the pesticide will be applied only in the appropriate area. The final case involves collecting data samples and analyzing the quality of the spraying operation by evaluating the deposition of pesticide over the crop. This work proposes a new routing data protocol to make possible the use of wireless sensor networks in aerial crop spraying. It ensures that the sensor node data will be delivered to the sink node. Through computer simulations, wireless sensor networks are shown to be useful in crop spraying to minimize and to control pesticide drift, to improve the quality of application, to reduce environmental contamination and to reduce costs and the duration of the application operation.