Effect of biodiesel oil composition on droplet size distribution

Droplet size distribution of biodiesel oil with various compositions was investigated in this work. The droplets generated by a two-fluid atomizer were measured by a commercial PDA. It was found that viscosity of the fuel has a strong effect on the drop size distribution. Additionally, effect of air injection pressures applied to atomize the spray was taken into account. Shear force induced by flow field exerts an effect on distribution of biodiesel droplets in atomized spray.

Inversion of light scattering data by singular system analysis

We consider the problem of inverting experimental data obtained in light scattering experiments described by linear theories. We discuss applications to particle sizing and we describe fast and easy-to-implement algorithms which permit the extraction, from noisy measurements, of reliable information about the particle size distribution. © 1987, SPIE.