title: A spray management valve for hand-compression sprayers.
abstract: The commercially available spray management valve provided consistent flow rates when used with hand-compression sprayer systems. The 15-psi spray management valve maintained a constant flow rate of 180, 150, and 155 ml/min in combination with a fine 45 degrees flat fan nozzle and Hudson. B&G, and Chapin hand-compression sprayers, respectively. The 30-psi spray management valve maintained a constant flow rate and adequate spray-on time when combined with the coarse flat fan nozzle for each of the 3 hand-compression sprayers tested.
authors.affiliation: Navy Disease Vector Ecology and Control Center, Jacksonville, FL 32212-0043, USA.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Zyzak
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Callahan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000295:instrumentation*