Study of the influence of transducer-electrode and electrode-wall gaps on the acoustic field inside a sonoelectrochemical reactor by FEM simulations

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-91

  Tudela, Ignacio ^a   Sáez, Verónica ^a   Esclapez, María Deseada ^a   Bonete, Pedro ^a   Harzali, Hassen ^b   Baillon, Fabien ^b   González García, José ^a   Louisnard, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic pressure; Cavitation; Finite elements method; Resonance; Sonoelectrochemistry; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ENERGY; ACOUSTIC PRESSURES; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; CAVITATING BUBBLES; CAVITATION EVENTS; FEM SIMULATIONS; FINITE ELEMENTS METHOD; FUNCTION OF FREQUENCY; REACTOR CONFIGURATION; REACTOR WALLS; RESONANCE PEAK; RESPONSE CURVES; SONOELECTROCHEMISTRY; SONOTRODES; ULTRASOUND; WORKING FREQUENCY;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; CAVITATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIQUIDS; RESONANCE; SONOCHEMISTRY; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 79957595371     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.03.064     Document Type: Article

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