Patent ID: 7181952

Claim:
A method for quantifying mist fluxes in a liquid mist spray, comprising: measuring the mist flux using a first measuring apparatus; measuring the mist flux using an iso-kinetic sampling probe; and comparing the measurements of the first measuring apparatus and the iso-kinetic sampling probe with one another, wherein the liquid mist spray has an air velocity, the liquid mist spray enters the probe, and the step of measuring the mist flux using the iso-kinetic sampling probe comprises making the air velocity of the liquid mist spray entering the probe equal the air velocity of the liquid mist spray around the probe, wherein the step of measuring the mist flux using the iso-kinetic sampling probe comprises connecting the probe to a source of vacuum, and preventing the drops of the spray entering the probe from passing out of the probe, wherein the drops of the spray entering the tube are collected in a reservoir, and the depth of liquid in the reservoir is measured, and wherein pressure fluctuations in the reservoir are mitigated by a settling chamber between, and in fluid communication with, the reservoir and the source of vacuum.