Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed suitable for electrostatic spraying from fixed wing aircraft. The apparatus includes a linear electrostatic spraying nozzle 2 and electrodes 4 placed near the nozzle's spraying edge to intensify the electric field strength at the spraying edge sufficiently to produce ligaments of the liquid to be sprayed from the spraying edge. In order that the airstream due to the aircraft's movement does not destroy the ligamets, the sprayhead and the electrodes are positioned so that part of the airstream flows between them. The spray head and the electrodes are so shaped and positioned that when directed to spray in substantially the same direction as the airstream, a turbulence free wake is left in the region of the ligaments.

Abstract: An electrostatic spray head is charged with high voltage from a high voltage source. As a liquid to be sprayed is supplied to the spray head, the liquid is atomized predominately due to the high voltage. The spray head is located within or closely adjacent to a gas stream flowing along a path which extends in the spraying direction, so that at least some of the atomized liquid becomes entrained in the gas stream. The gas stream has a lower velocity region and a high velocity region, of which the lower velocity region is transversally closer to the spray head.

Abstract: An apparatus and process for spraying liquids wherein liquid emerging from a sprayhead is subjected to an electrical field sufficiently high for the liquid to be drawn from the sprayhead in the form of one or more filaments. The filament or filaments become unstable and subsequently break up into droplets. A stream of gas is caused to flow through the region of the high electrical field, the gas flowing in a direction parallel or substantially parallel with the direction in which the liquid emerges from the sprayhead. Droplets are thus removed from the region and a built-in in space charge is reduced.