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http://dx.doi.org/10.7857/JSGE.2013.18.5.039

The Effect of Distance between Two Transducers on Sonochemical Reactions in Dual Irradiation Systems  

Kim, Eunkyung (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
Son, Younggyu (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
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Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment / v.18, no.5, 2013 , pp. 39-45 More about this Journal
Abstract
Many researchers have studied the effectiveness of ultrasound in chemical and environmental engineering fields including material synthesis, pollutant removal, cleaning, extraction, and disinfection. Acoustic cavitation induced by ultrasound irradiation in aqueous phase can cause various sonophysical and sonochemical reactions without any chemicals. However most of the previous studies focused only on the relationships between ultrasonic conditions and the results of sonochemical reactions in lab-scale sonoreactors. As a results of this, only a few studies have been devoted to design and optimization of industrial scale sonoreactors. In this study, the effect of the distance between two opposite transducer modules on sonochemical reactions was investigated in single and dual irradiation systems (334 kHz) for four distances including 50, 100, 150, and 200 mm using KI dosimetry. It was found that the dual irradiation systems provided higher performance in terms of the zeroth reaction coefficient and the cavitation yield compared to the single irradiation systems. The sonochemiluminescence (SCL) images for the visualization of the cavitation field showed that cavitation active zone was larger and sonochemical reaction intensity was much higher in the dual irradiation system than in the single irradiation system.
Keywords
Sonochemical reaction; Single irradiation; Dual irradiation; Cavitation yield; Sonochemiluminescence (SCL);
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