Atomization Characterization and Spray Classification
This research examines how agricultural sprays are formed at the moment of atomization, where nozzle geometry, operating pressure, and liquid formulation determine the droplet population that enters the surrounding flow. Using shadowgraph imaging and data-driven interpretation, the work studies how sprays from standard ASABE nozzle classes change across coarse-to-fine atomization regimes and how those changes can be recognized from the spray structure itself. A central contribution is showing that image-based methods can recover meaningful information about atomization state, including nozzle class and pressure condition, without relying exclusively on expensive laboratory droplet-sizing systems.
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