S.V. Sankar
Aerometrics Inc. Sunnyvale, California, USA
K.E. Maher
Aerometrics Inc., Sunnyvale, California, USA
D.M. Robart
Aerometrics Inc., Sunnyvale, California, USA
William D. Bachalo
Artium Technologies, Inc., Aerometrics, Inc. Sunnyvale, 150 West Iowa Avenue, Unit 202, Sunnyvale, California, USA
Sauter mean diameter can be directly measured by simultaneously recording and rationing the intensities of laser-induced fluorescence and elastic light scattering from a two-dimensional plane within a spray field. In this study, the results obtained with this planar droplet sizing technique has been directly validated using a Phase Doppler Particle Analyzer (PDPA).