Numerical investigation of sonochemical reactors considering the effect of inhomogeneous bubble clouds on ultrasonic wave propagation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 189-190, Issue , 2012, Pages 364-375

  Jamshidi, Rashid ^a   Pohl, Birte ^b   Peuker, Urs A ^b   Brenner, Gunther ^a  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Numerical simulation; Sonochemical reactor; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE CLOUD; CAVITATION BUBBLE; CHEMICAL PROCESS; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; NONLINEAR ATTENUATION; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; PRESSURE AMPLITUDES; PROCESS PARAMETERS; REACTOR PERFORMANCE; SONOCHEMICAL REACTORS; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY; ULTRASOUND FIELDS;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; CAVITATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; REACTION RATES; SONOCHEMISTRY;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84861917244     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.02.029     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Sutkar V.S., Gogate P.R., Csoka L. Theoretical prediction of cavitational activity distribution in sonochemical reactors. Chemical Engineering Journal 2010, 158:290-295.
2. Monnier H., Wilhelm A.M., Delmas H. Effects of ultrasound on micromixing in flow cell. Chemical Engineering Science 2000, 55:4009-4020.
3. Riley N. Acoustic streaming. Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics 1998, 10:349-356.
4. Bonrath W. Ultrasound supported catalysis. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 2004, 12:103-106.
5. Suslick K.S., Didenko Y., Fang M.M., Hyeon T., Kolbeck K., McNamara W.B., Mdleleni M.M., Wong M. Acoustic cavitation and its chemical consequences. Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 1999, 357:335-353.
6. Kumar A., Gogate P.R., Pandit A.B. Mapping the efficacy of new designs for large scale sonochemical reactors. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 2007, 14:538-544.
7. Lee J., Ashokkumar M., Yasui K., Tuziuti T., Kozuka T., Towata A., Iida Y. Development and optimization of acoustic bubble structure at high frequencies. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 2011, 18:92-98.
8. Gogate P.R., Tatake P.A., Kanthale P.M., Pandit A.B. Mapping of sonochemical reactors: review, analysis, and experimental verification. AIChE Journal 2002, 48:1542-1560.
9. Gogate P.R., Shirgaonkar I.Z., Sivakumar M., Senthilkumar P., Vichare N.P., Pandit A.B. Cavitation reactors: efficiency assessment using a model reaction. AIChE Journal 2001, 47:2526-2538.
10. Vanhille C., Campos-Pozuelo C. Nonlinear ultrasonic waves: two-dimensional simulations in bubbly liquids. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 2011, 18:679-682.
11. Gogate P.R., Pandit A.B. Engineering design method for cavitational reactors: I. Sonochemical reactors. AIChE Journal 2000, 46:372-379.
12. Campos-Pozuelo C., Granger C., Vanhille C., Moussatov A., Dubus B. Experimental and theoretical investigation of the mean acoustic pressure in the cavitation field. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 2005, 12:79-84.
13. Gogate P.R., Pandit A.B. Engineering design method for cavitational reactors: II. Hydrodynamic cavitation. AIChE journal 2000, 45:1641-1649.
14. Kanthale P.M., Gogate P.R., Pandit A.B., Wilhelm A.M. Dynamics of cavitational bubbles and design of a hydrodynamic cavitational reactor: cluster approach. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 2005, 12:441-452.
15. Gogate P.R., Wilhelm A.M., Pandit A.B. Some aspects of the design of sonochemical reactors. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 2003, 10:325-330.
16. Dähnke S., Keil F.J. Modeling of three-dimensional linear pressure field in sonochemical reactors with homogeneous and inhomogeneous density distribution of cavitation bubbles. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 1998, 37:848-864.
17. Dähnke S., Keil F. Modeling of tsound fields in liquids with a nonhomogeneous distribution of cavitation bubbles as a basis for the design of sonochemical reactors. Chemical Engineering & Technology 1998, 21:873-877.
18. Commander K.W., Prosperetti A. Linear pressure waves in bubbly liquids: comparison between theory and experiment. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 1989, 85:732-746.
19. Dähnke S.W., Keil F.J. Modeling of linear pressure field in sonochemical reactors considering an inhomogeneous density distribution of cavitation bubbles. Chemical Engineering Science 1999, 54:2865-2872.
20. Dähnke S., Swamy K.M., Keil F.J. Modeling of three-dimensional pressure fields in sonochemical reactors with an inhomogeneous density distribution of cavitation bubbles. Comparison of theoretical and experimental results. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 1999, 6:31-41.
21. Dahlem O., Reisse J., Halloin V. The radially vibrating horn: a scaling-up possibility for sonochemical reactions. Chemical Engineering Science 1999, 54:2829-2838.
22. Kumar A., Kumaresan T., Pandit A.B., Joshi J.B. Characterization of flow phenomena induced by ultrasonic horn. Chemical Engineering Science 2006, 61:7410-7420.
23. Trujillo F.J., Knoerzer K. A computational modeling approach of the jet-like acoustic streaming and heat generation induced by low frequency high power ultrasonic horn reactors. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 2011, 18:1263-1273.
24. Parlitz U., Mettin R., Luther S., Akhatov I., Voss M., Lauterborn W. Spatio-temporal dynamics of acoustic cavitation bubble clouds. Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 1999, 357:313-334.
25. Raman V., Abbas A., Joshi S.C. Mapping local cavitation events in high intensity ultrasound fields. Proceeding of the COMSOL Users Conference 2006.
26. Mettin R., Koch P., Lauterborn W., Krefting D. Modeling acoustic cavitation with bubble redistribution. Sixth International Symposium on Cavitation - CAV2006 2006.
27. Klima J., Ferrer A.F., Garcia J.G., Ludvik J., Saez V., Iniesta J. Optimization of 20kHz sonoreactor on the basis of numerical simulation of local ultrasonic intensity and qualitative comparison with experimental results. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 2007, 14:19-28.
28. Yasui K., Kozuka T., Tuziuti T., Towata A., Iida Y., King J., Macey P. Fem calculation of an acoustic field in a sonochemical reactor. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 2007, 14:605-614.
29. Louisnard O., Garcia J.G., Tudela I., Klima J., Saez V., Hernandez Y.V. Fem simulation of a sono-reactor accounting for vibrations of the boundaries. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 2009, 16:250-259.
30. Wijngaarden L.V. On the equation of motion for mixtures of liquid and gas bubbles. Journal of Engineering Fluid Mechanics 1968, 33:465-474.
31. Servant G., Laborde J., Hita A., Caltagirone J.P., Gerard A. Spatio-temporal dynamics of cavitation bubble clouds in a low frequency reactor: comparison between theoretical and experimental results. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 2001, 8:163-174.
32. Pohl B., Jamshidi R., Brenner G., Peuker U.A. Experimental study of continuous ultrasonic reactors for mixing and precipitation of nanoparticles. Chemical Engineering Science 2012, 69:365-372.
33. Ullmann F. Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry 2007, Wiley-VCH. 7th ed.
34. Servant G., Caltagirone J.P., Grard A., Laborde J.L., Hita A. Numerical simulation of cavitation bubble dynamics induced by ultrasound waves in a high frequency reactor. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 2000, 7:217-227.
35. Servant G., Caltagirone J.P., Grard A., Laborde J.L., Hita A. On the interaction between ultrasound waves and bubble clouds in mono- and dual-frequency sonoreactors. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 2003, 10:347-355.