MODELING AND VALIDATION OF A DISPERSING AEROSOL JET

A fundamental model has been developed to simulate the dispersion and trajectories of a high-momentum aerosol jet. The model predicts drople t evaporation or condensation rates based on heat and mass transfer co rrelations and on the vapor backpressure or concentration in the plume . Modeling details are provided here along with a practical strategy f or tuning the several modules. This approach makes use of decoupled ex periments and avoids iterative loops. The rainout fraction predicted b y this model is a sensitive function of the initial drop size.