Simulation of the spatial distribution of the acoustic pressure in sonochemical reactors with numerical methods: A review

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 909-919

  Tudela, Ignacio ^a   Sáez, Verónica ^b   Esclapez, María Deseada ^b   Díez García, María Isabel ^b   Bonete, Pedro ^b   González García, José ^b  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic pressure; Numerical simulations; Sonochemical reactor; Sonochemistry; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SONOCHEMISTRY; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC PRESSURES; COMPLEX EVENTS; NON-LINEAR PHENOMENA; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; SONOCHEMICAL PROCESS; SONOCHEMICAL REACTORS; STATE OF THE ART; ULTRASONIC CAVITATION;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

ACOUSTICS; ALUMINUM FOIL; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DISPERSION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTOR; SIMULATION; SONOCHEMICAL REACTOR; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC PRESSURE; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; SONOCHEMICAL REACTOR; SONOCHEMISTRY; ULTRASOUND;

CHEMISTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRESSURE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; VIBRATION;

EID: 84895069865     PISSN: 13504177     EISSN: 18732828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2013.11.012     Document Type: Review

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