Abstract
In this paper the extended application range of the standard phase-Doppler anemometer (PDA) to particle diameters below the commonly accepted lower limit of about 5–10 μm is described. The problems that accompany measurements on smaller particles are small scattering cross-sections and ambiguous relations between the measured phase difference ΔΦ and the particle diameter d . A simple, but flexible optical set-up for the transmitting part of a standard PDA system, and a numerical algorithm, which allows careful data evaluation from ambiguous ΔΦ ( d ) relations, help to manage these problems. Measurements on aqueous suspensions of micron and sub-micron sized dielectric and metalic monospheres, as well as on polydisperse aerosols, are presented and evaluated by means of the proposed algorithm.
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