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Optimization of Ultrasonic Soil Washing Processes Using Aluminum Foil Erosion Tests

알루미늄 호일 부식 실험을 이용한 초음파 토양 세척 공정 개발의 기초 연구

  • Kim, Seulgi (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology) ;
  • Son, Younggyu (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
  • 김슬기 (금오공과대학교 환경공학과) ;
  • 손영규 (금오공과대학교 환경공학과)
  • Received : 2015.01.30
  • Accepted : 2015.02.17
  • Published : 2015.02.28
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Abstract

The physical effect induced by acoustic cavitation was investigated to accumulate basic data for the design of ultrasonic soil washing processes using aluminum foil erosion tests. A square aluminum foil was placed on the glass beads in the pyrex vessel submerged in the sonoreactor equipped with a 36 kHz ultrasound transducer module at the bottom. Cavitational erosion of foils was quantitatively analyzed for various glass bead diameter conditions (1, 2, and 4 mm), glass bead height conditions (5, 10, 15, and 20 mm), and water height conditions (5, 10, 15, and 20 mm). It was found that aluminum foil erosion significantly increased as the glass bead diameter increased and water height over the glass bead increased due to less attenuation of ultrasound and the optimization of sound field for cavitation. Moreover mechanical mixing was suggested to move constantly particles to the bottom area where the acoustic cavitation occurs most violently. It was because aluminium foil erosion by ultrasound transmitted through glass beads was relatively too weak.

알루미늄 호일 부식 실험을 이용하여 초음파 토양 세척 공정의 설계를 위한 기초 연구가 수행되었다. 36 kHz 초음파 발생 모듈이 하부에 장착된 대형 초음파 반응기에 파이렉스 재질의 소형 반응기를 위치시키고 글라스 비드 크기(1, 2, 4 mm), 파이렉스 반응기 내 글라스 비드 높이(5, 10, 15, 20 mm), 글라스 비드 위 물 높이(5, 10, 15, 20 mm) 등의 다양한 조건에서 실험을 진행하였다. 실험 결과, 글라스 비드의 입자 크기가 클수록, 글라스 비드 위 수위가 증가할수록 알루미늄 호일의 부식 정도가 크게 증가하였는데 이는 입자가 클수록 빈 공간이 많이 생겨 초음파 감쇠 현상이 덜 일어나게 되기 때문이며, 또한 수위가 증가할수록 동일한 에너지 유입 조건에서 초음파 캐비테이션 현상이 보다 활성화되기 때문으로 판단되었다. 그러나 글라스 비드를 지나면서 초음파 감쇠 현상이 심하게 일어나 알루미늄 호일의 부식 정도가 상대적으로 매우 약하게 확인되어 부식이 활발하게 일어나는 반응기 하부, 즉 심각한 초음파 감쇠 현상이 일어나지 않는 바닥 부분으로 입자들을 지속적으로 보낼 수 있는 기계적 교반 등의 방안이 제안되었다.

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