A Quantitative Assessment of Droplet Sizes in Atmospheric and Engine Environments

No discernible difference was seen between exciplex and pentanone tracers in atmospheric conditions and both gave good agreement with the PDA data. The PDA typically reported a wider spray because had to record for a much longer time to pick up enough droplets, increasing the chances of picking up outlying droplets that would not be seen in the much faster PDS imaging. PDS generally showed slightly larger SMD where the spray cone was. This was because PDS was not biased towards the more statistically likely smaller droplets. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Mechanical Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Powell, Joshua W.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Chia-Fon F. Lee

• Engineering, Mechanical

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3363057

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/83931