| US 7,483,767 B2 | ||
| Feedback mechanism for smart nozzles and nebulizers | ||
| Akbar Montaser, Potomac, Md. (US); Kaveh Jorabchi, Arlington, Va. (US); and Kaveh Kahen, Kleinburg (Canada) | ||
| Assigned to The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 12, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/247,596. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/618261, filed on Oct. 14, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0299561 A1, Dec. 27, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G05D 11/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 700—283 | 34 Claims |
| 1. A feedback mechanism comprising:
an analytical system for performing an evaluation of at least one property of at least one of droplets, particles and aerosol,
the analytical system comprising a laser light delivery system configured to deliver at least two laser pulses to the at least
one of droplets, particles and aerosol; and
a feedback signal generator for generating a feedback signal based on the evaluation performed by the analytical system, the
feedback signal facilitating optimization of at least one operational parameter of a source of the at least one of droplets,
particles and aerosol;
wherein a scattering of the at least two laser pulses from the at least one of droplets, particles and aerosol is captured
to provide two substantially instantaneous images thereof, and pointwise cross-correlation of corresponding images yields
two-dimensional velocity map of a flow field of the at least one of droplets. particles and aerosol.
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