Feedback mechanism for smart nozzles and nebulizers
- Potomac, MD
- Arlington, VA
- Kleinburg, CA
Nozzles and nebulizers able to produce aerosol with optimum and reproducible quality based on feedback information obtained using laser imaging techniques. Two laser-based imaging techniques based on particle image velocimetry (PTV) and optical patternation map and contrast size and velocity distributions for indirect and direct pneumatic nebulizations in plasma spectrometry. Two pulses from thin laser sheet with known time difference illuminate droplets flow field. Charge coupled device (CCL)) captures scattering of laser light from droplets, providing two instantaneous particle images. Pointwise cross-correlation of corresponding images yields two-dimensional velocity map of aerosol velocity field. For droplet size distribution studies, solution is doped with fluorescent dye and both laser induced florescence (LIF) and Mie scattering images are captured simultaneously by two CCDs with the same field of view. Ratio of LIF/Mie images provides relative droplet size information, then scaled by point calibration method via phase Doppler particle analyzer.
- Research Organization:
- The George Washington University (Washington, DC)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- FG02-93ER14320
- Assignee:
- The George Washington University (Washington, DC)
- Patent Number(s):
- 7,483,767
- Application Number:
- 11/247,596
- OSTI ID:
- 985849
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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