24th European Conference on
Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems
The 24th conference of the annual series of ILASS Europe was held at September
5-7, 2011 at Estoril, Portugal. Ass. Prof. Takehiko Seo, Mega Nur Sasongko (D3)and Lilis Yuliati (D3) presented their papers in this conference.
Simply, we reported the event.

About 24th ILASS Europe
It was aimed to gather researchers, representatives of different communities, toshare ideas and experiences that can further participants understanding of the physicsof atomization and spray. 24th ILASS Europe was held at Estoril, Portugal, exactly at thePalacio Hotel. This conference consisted of three plenary lectures as well as 141 oralpresentations and 27 posters which are selected from 190 submissions, together with anexhibition of equipments in measurement and spray technology.

Palacio Hotel24th ILASS Europe ConferenceDeparture
We start our flight from Ube airport
Haneda Airport
Narita Airport (by bus).
We were departure from Narita airport at 11.25 at September 3, 2011 by ANA go toFrankfurt, Germany and continued by TAP Portugal Airplane from Frankfurt to Lisbon,Portugal. This flight needs around 15 hours and 20 minutes as well as 2 hours and 35minutes for transit at Frankfurt airport. This was a very long flight, so… tired andboring…

Narita Airport

Frankfurt Airport

Lisbon Airport

Long way to Estoril, Portugal

Transit at Frankfurt Airport
Frankfurt Airport

Camel smoking zone, what is relation
between camel and smoking??

Frankfurt Airport

Some little girls run, chase and joke eachother on the escalator. 楽しそうです、
でもあぶなくない？？？

Interesting something, in this airport we can leave food or drink box
on the table or the other place. Then cleaning boy, will dispose themto the garbage box. A different culture if compared with Japan.

ArrivalWe were landing at the Lisbon Airport around 22.00 at the same day, with detail asfollow: total time for flight and transit was around 18 hours + some delay in schedule –8 hours (time in Portugal is later for 8 hours if compared to the time in Japan).
We went to hotel in Estoril by taxi; it was need around 30 minutes. The taxi fare was
50 Euro (around 6000 Japanese Yen) in the night. In the day, taxi fare is a half than in
the night, so it is much cheaper if compared to the taxi fare in Japan.

Estoril cityA park in front Estoril Casino

About the Conference
The technical program in this conference consisted of:- Three plenary lectures, every day from 09.00 – 10.00.
- Three parallel rooms for oral presentations, three sessions every day.
- Poster sessions together with an exhibition of equipment at the conference site.
The social program and meeting in this conference were:- Welcome reception held at September 4, 2011 from 18.00 – 19.00.
- ILASS Europe Committee meeting held from 12.30 – 14.00 at September 6, 2011.
- Annual general meeting from 18.10 – 19.30 at September 6, 2011.
- Dinner at the night of September 6, 2011.
Plenary lectures were held every morning from 09.00 – 10.00 am at the Atlanticroom. The topics of plenary lectures were optical diagnostics for spray measurements(Prof. Yannis Hardalupas), simulation of fuel injection process (Prof. Guillermo
Aquilar) and biomedical applications of sprays (Prof. Manolis Gavaises).
Sessions of oral presentations were conducted in three parallel rooms, divided basedon the some main topic research. The topic which has largest number of submission ismodeling and simulation. Mega Nur Sasongko presented his paper in the first day ofthe conference, while Ass. Prof. Takehiko Seo and Lilis Yuliati presented their paper inthe third day of the conference.

Plenary lecture

Seo sensei’s presentation, there were so many question after the presentation

Mega sanis here!!

Mega san’s presentation in the dark room

My presentation about Nano-micro application in combustion

Location of the conference: Palacio Hotel at Estoril
Estoril is a beautiful city, could be reached by half-hour drive or by train from thePortugal Capital city, Lisbon. Estoril was intimately linked to the Portugal Age ofdiscovery. During the Second World War this region was the center of spies anddiplomatic secrecy. Some dignitaries and exiles came to Estoril at that period.
Palacio hotel is a five star hotel; located near Estoril Casino. This hotel was thechosen home of numerous members of European royalty who went to Estoril at theSecond War period as well as the haunt of British and Germany spies. Later, thesestories of intrigue and espionage was inspired the James Bond movie and the Palacio
Hotel was used as the set for the movie “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”. Estoril
Casino is the biggest casino in Europe, it offers concerts, cabaret, dancing and art
exhibition as well as high class gambling. Tamariz beach could be access by anunderground pass, located at the bottom of the elegance of the Palacio Hotel andEstoril Casino.

Palacio Hotel

Estoril Casino

Tamariz beach

Cute garbage box near Tamariz beach“Yamaha” shop in Estoril

Strange building near the beachAlong the beach, many restaurants, cafes and bars serve fresh fish, sea food,traditional snacks, patisseries as well as some kind of drinks. Walk westwards for 15
minutes from the Tamariz beach will be reach the Cascais which have many beautiful
beaches.

Delicious sea foodSunrise picture taken from the hotel

Sunset picture taken from Tamariz beach

Boca do Inferno (Mouth of the Hell) area

Cute toilet around the beach in Cascais

Three line ways for car, bicycle and walk along the beachTrain is cheap and pleasant transportation. The passengers use a rechargeable ticket
for ride the train. We can recharge the ticket on the ticket box or the station locket.
The ticket fare was very cheap, return ticket from Estoril to Lisbon was 4 Euro (around460 Japanese Yen).

Train station at Cascais

Entrance/exit gate and check point

Rechargeable train ticket

Train with many pictures on the bodi

Other: Sintra and Lisbon
Beside attending the conference and explored the beautiful area in Estoril andCascais, we also went to the Sintra and Lisbon. From Cascais, we went to Sintra by bus.
Unfortunately, at the time held a festival in Sintra, many groups of the residence makean attraction and walking around the city. So, we have to get off from the bus and walkfor a long distance to go to Sintra National Palace. However we could look the festival.
The Sintra National Palace is located in the hill area in the town of Sintra. It is an
important tourist attraction and designated as a World Heritage side by UNESCO.

There are many old and historical buildings as well as museum around the Sintra
National Palace.

The Sintra National Palace

The way to the other destination

Environment friendly
transportation in Sintra

Bus ticket to go to Sintra

Some attractions in the festival
Lisbon is the capital city and the largest city of Portugal as well as one of the oldest
cities in the world. This city was the westernmost large city located in Europe and theonly one along the Atlantic coast. Furthermore, the westernmost point of the Lisbon isCabo da Roca. We could enjoy the beautiful of Lisbon by bus tour which departurefrom the center of the city.

Bus tour around the Lisbon

Ride the bus tour

The westernmost point Cabo da Roca

Praca do Comercio

Tram car in the Lisbon

Old beautiful city

Nice life in the Lisbon

Some beautiful scenery in the Lisbon

Closing remarks
Attending the annual conference on the liquid atomization and spray system has
improved my understanding and broaden my knowledge about atomization technology.
Many scientists around the world attended and presented their latest research in thisconference either in the plenary lectures, oral presentation or in the poster sessions.
Furthermore, I could ask directly and discuss with the expert in the atomization
technology in this event. Attending their presentation and discuss with them more
open my eyes about the latest progress in the atomization technology.
Attending the ILASS-Europe conference was my first experience to have a journeyand presentation in Europe. Even though I have limitation in English capability as wellas terrible pronunciation, I have already finished my presentation as well as received
some questions from the audience who is familiar with English in their daily life. It will
be my last presentation as a doctoral student. On the contrary, I hope it will be my firststep for my research and presentation in the future. Let’s try more and do our best…
Finally, I would like to thank Mikami Sensei and Seo Sensei for giving us
opportunity to have a presentation in this conference. Thank you very much for yourexcellent guidance and encouragement so that I could finish and present my research.
However, it was not perfect attended the conference without Mikami Sensei.