Multi-path light extinction approach for high efficiency filtered oil particle measurement

This work present a multi-pathlight extinction approach to determine the oil mist filter efficiency based on measuring the concentration and size distribution of oil particles. Light extinction spectrum(LES) technique was used to retrieve the oil particle size distribution and concentration. The multi-path measuring cell was designed to measure low concentration and fine particles after filtering. The path-length of the measuring cell calibrated as 200 cm. The results of oil particle size with oil mist filtering were obtained as D32 = 0.9μm. Cv=1.6×10−8.