Sustainability Evaluation for Pesticide Application in Oil Palm Plantation Integrated with Industry 4.0 Technology
Pesticide application in oil palm plantation has been a crucial and labour-intensive operation. Rapid technological development for spray machine such as tractor and drone could improve the sustainability of the operation. This paper evaluates the sustainability performance of 3 types of pesticide s...
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| author | Yik Wei Loh Chun Hsion Lim Dominic C. Y. Foo Bing Shen How Wendy Pei Qin Ng Hon Loong Lam |
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| description | Pesticide application in oil palm plantation has been a crucial and labour-intensive operation. Rapid technological development for spray machine such as tractor and drone could improve the sustainability of the operation. This paper evaluates the sustainability performance of 3 types of pesticide spraying technologies, namely drone, tractor and knapsack. A total of 3 different modes of drone power source was considered, including grid, gasoline generator and solar panel. The sustainability performance was evaluated based on return on investment (ROI), carbon footprint from operation, and exposure time to pesticide. The result shows that spray drone powered by gasoline generator has the highest overall sustainability index of (0.834), with the ROI of (34), carbon footprint of 270.7 kg CO2/d and a total of 720 h/y exposure time to pesticide. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2c2158d09fec454d9eb724a930b44cb52022-12-22T04:25:10ZengAIDIC Servizi S.r.l.Chemical Engineering Transactions2283-92162022-09-019410.3303/CET2294125Sustainability Evaluation for Pesticide Application in Oil Palm Plantation Integrated with Industry 4.0 TechnologyYik Wei LohChun Hsion LimDominic C. Y. FooBing Shen HowWendy Pei Qin NgHon Loong LamPesticide application in oil palm plantation has been a crucial and labour-intensive operation. Rapid technological development for spray machine such as tractor and drone could improve the sustainability of the operation. This paper evaluates the sustainability performance of 3 types of pesticide spraying technologies, namely drone, tractor and knapsack. A total of 3 different modes of drone power source was considered, including grid, gasoline generator and solar panel. The sustainability performance was evaluated based on return on investment (ROI), carbon footprint from operation, and exposure time to pesticide. The result shows that spray drone powered by gasoline generator has the highest overall sustainability index of (0.834), with the ROI of (34), carbon footprint of 270.7 kg CO2/d and a total of 720 h/y exposure time to pesticide.https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/12682 |
| spellingShingle | Yik Wei Loh Chun Hsion Lim Dominic C. Y. Foo Bing Shen How Wendy Pei Qin Ng Hon Loong Lam Sustainability Evaluation for Pesticide Application in Oil Palm Plantation Integrated with Industry 4.0 Technology Chemical Engineering Transactions |
| title | Sustainability Evaluation for Pesticide Application in Oil Palm Plantation Integrated with Industry 4.0 Technology |
| title_full | Sustainability Evaluation for Pesticide Application in Oil Palm Plantation Integrated with Industry 4.0 Technology |
| title_fullStr | Sustainability Evaluation for Pesticide Application in Oil Palm Plantation Integrated with Industry 4.0 Technology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainability Evaluation for Pesticide Application in Oil Palm Plantation Integrated with Industry 4.0 Technology |
| title_short | Sustainability Evaluation for Pesticide Application in Oil Palm Plantation Integrated with Industry 4.0 Technology |
| title_sort | sustainability evaluation for pesticide application in oil palm plantation integrated with industry 4 0 technology |
| url | https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/12682 |
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