应崇福院士90生辰学术报告会论文关于液体内大规模声处理中空化研究的几点思考——再论声空化工程

再次强调了大规模液体中超声处理、以及为此目的研究声空化的重要性.提出了对这项应用中声空化行为的几点思考,重点是关于声空化的"强度"以及关于电动力式和流体动力式两类产生空化系统所产生空化的不同特性.     

声空化泡对声传播的屏蔽特性*

该文介绍了声空化液体中声波被反常吸收的现象,即驱动声压越大,吸收越强,远场声压越低。研究给出其物理机理是高声压导致强空化,空化泡吸收驱动能量辐射高次谐波,高频声波更易被液体吸收,最终形成更低的远场声压。为了克服空化屏蔽,改善声空化的均匀性,提出了改变工作液体的空化阈值的思路。并就简单的双层液体系统进行了计算和实验,结果证实这种思路的正确性。     

声-流耦合空化场观测与量化表征探索*

该文利用搭建的高速摄影和空化噪声同步观测的声-流耦合空化实验平台,观察分析了声-流耦合场中空化云的演化规律及相应的空化噪声特征。通过引入空化状态变量,给出了空化强度的一种新的明确表述,并提出了一种基于高速摄影图像分析来测量和表征空化状态变量及空化强度的方法。利用该方法进一步对声-流耦合空化时间演化周期性和空间强度分布进行了定量计算。结果表明,声-流耦合空化强度和作用范围相比单独声空化和单独水力空化有显著的提升。     

超声波声孔效应中气泡动力学的研究

在超声快速制取组织细胞病理切片的过程中，发现激励信号对切片制取效果有明显的影响.为了掌握超声激励信号对组织细胞的影响规律，达到快速制取病理切片的最佳状态，从气泡空化模型入手，通过改变激励信号频率、声压、气泡初始半径和液体黏滞系数等参量，研究了声孔效应中气泡动力学激励机制.数值计算表明：空化泡振动随激励声压增强而升高，随液体黏滞系数增强而减弱；一定频率范围内空化泡振动能保持在膨胀、收缩和振荡的稳定空化状态，存在空化泡稳态振动的最佳激励频率；一定初始半径能保证空化泡产生稳定的振动，存在空化泡稳态振动幅度最大的初始半径.实际操作中，在频率、声压、初始半径和黏滞系数综合作用的若干空化阈内，声孔效应使超声快速法制取细胞组织切片获得最佳效果. 关键词： 声孔效应 超声空化 气泡振动 稳态空化域     

声空化外场对振荡流热管传热性能的影响

本文通过实验研究了声空化外场对振荡流热管传热性能的影响规律.声空化外场对振荡流热管传热性能有显著影响,在某些工况下声空化外场可以加速热管的启动,提高热管传热性能,但亦出现施加声空化外场反而削弱传热的现象.声空化外场对振荡流热管具有独特的作用,其特殊的规律,以及内、外场之间的耦合机制亟需进行更加深入的研究.     

声空化气泡成长及破裂研究

本文对液体内的声空化气泡的成长与破裂过程进行数值计算,得到各种情况下气泡壁的运动情况.通过对不同初始半径、不同频率下声空化气泡运动的计算,得到空化气泡半径小于共振半径,可以增强空化效果,而单一的增强声场的频率并不一定能加强声空化效果,为增强空化效果提供理论依据.研究各种信号作用下声空化气泡成长情况,明确方波信号激励下的...     

声空化工程初步*

声空化气泡内的高温、高压和高密度是声空化工程的机理和基础。该文简要回顾了国内外声空化理论和实验研究的进展,针对当前在液体中进行工业规模声处理等声能应用方面的现状和存在的问题,提出了扩大声能应用的一种可能途径——声空化空间分布控制并在实验室内进行了实验研究。结果表明该方法具有可行性。在此基础上,文中给出了基于空化空间分布控制方法在稠油井口辅助降粘和高固污泥预处理方面取得声空化工程初步应用的两个例子。现场的试验结果表明,这两种声空化工程化样机在实际现场工况条件下,均取得了较好的应用效果。最后,对当前声空化工程应用前景进行了初步探讨。     

声空化强化振荡流热管传热实验研究

本文提出了声空化强化振荡流热管传热的方法,并对常规振荡流热管与声空化振荡流热管传热性能进行了对比实验,观察不同加热温度和声空化强度对热管传热性能的影响.实验结果表明在不同的声空化强度下,声空化振荡流热管传热均大于常规振荡流热管;在相同的加热温度下,声空化振荡流热管的当量导热系数均大于常规振荡流热管.声空化强化振荡流热管传热的方法是可行的.     

声驻波场中空化泡的动力学特性

以水为工作介质, 考虑了液体的可压缩性, 研究了驻波声场中空化泡的运动特性, 模拟了驻波场中各位置处空化泡的运动状态以及相关参数对各位置处空化泡在主Bjerknes力作用下运动方向的影响. 结果表明: 驻波声场中, 空化泡的运动状态分为三个区域, 即在声压波腹附近空化泡做稳态空化, 在偏离波腹处空化泡做瞬态空化, 在声压波节附近, 空化泡在主Bjerknes 力作用下, 一直向声压波节处移动, 显示不发生空化现象; 驻波场中声压幅值增加有利于空化的发生, 但声压幅值增加到一定上限时, 压力波腹区域将排斥空化泡, 并驱赶空化泡向压力波节移动, 不利于空化现象的发生; 当声频率小于初始空化泡的共振频率时, 声频率越高, 由于主Bjerknes 力的作用将有更多的空化泡向声压波节移动, 不利于空化的发生, 尤其是驻波场液面的高度不应是声波波长的1/4; 当声频率一定时, 空化泡初始半径越大越有利于空化现象的发生, 但当空化泡的初始半径超过声频率的共振半径时, 由于主Bjerknes力的作用将有更多的空化泡向声压波节移动, 不利于空化的发生.     

双泡耦合声空化动力学过程模拟

为了对双泡耦合的声空化过程进行模拟,本文从流体动力学控制方程和流体体积分数模型出发,在Fluent软件中构建双泡耦合超声空化三维有限元仿真模型,对超声波驱动下流体中双泡耦合声空化动力学过程进行数值模拟,并通过对空化气泡周围声场的变化进行分析研究双泡耦合声空化的非线性动力学特性.结果显示:在超声波驱动下,球形气泡先缓慢扩张,扩张到最大半径后迅速收缩直至溃灭;耦合双气泡间存在相互作用力,使得空化气泡的扩张受到抑制、气泡收缩时间增长;空化气泡在收缩阶段的能量转换能力增强,相比单气泡声空化,耦合双气泡溃灭时气泡内部的压强更大.本文分析结果将为超声空化泡群的动力学过程模拟提供参考.     

Sonoluminescence and sonochemical reactions in cavitation fields. A review

Contemporary ideas on the nature of cavitation are reviewed in this paper. The general theories of sonoluminescence and sonochemical reactions, the origin, stability and splitting of cavitation bubbles, the dynamics of cavitation field evolution, the peculiarities of cavitation effects at low intensity and low-frequency acoustic oscillations, the sonoluminescence quenching effect and some questions on the energetics of cavitation fields are discussed. The electrical theory of the splitting of cavitation bubbles may, as shown in the paper, become an alternative to the thermal theories of cavitation in the future.     

Acoustic cavitation inception

This article presents a selective review of the subject of acoustic cavitation inception. Topics covered include cavitation threshold measurements, the role of dirt or pre-existing bubble nuclei in cavitation inception, radiation-induced acoustic cavitation, and a discussion of some unsolved problems such as cavitation thresholds in liquid helium and the effects of electric fields on thresholds.     

Use of ultrasonics in shear layer cavitation control

In this paper we report results from some investigations on the use of ultrasonics in controlling hydrodynamic cavitation in the shear layer downstream of a sudden expansion. Control of this type of cavitation has been achieved by modulating the local pressure that was experienced by a nucleus present in the shear layer. This modulation was made possible by using a piezoelectric device, termed as Ultrasonic Pressure Modulator (UPM). The performance of UPM has been studied at different dissolved gas concentrations with electrolysis bubbles as nuclei. Control of cavitation due to natural nuclei has also been attempted. Efficiency of UPM, in reducing cavitation, was seen to be dependent on the driving frequency employed. Experimental and numerical studies have been conducted to bring out the physics behind this approach of cavitation control. Different measures of cavitation control have been identified and some possible applications of this method have also been outlined.     

Acoustic characterization of cavitation intensity: A review

Cavitation intensity is used to describe the activity of cavitation, and several methods are developed to identify the intensity of cavitation. This work aimed to provide an overview and discussion of the several existing characterization methods for cavitation intensity, three acoustic approaches for charactering cavitation were discussed in detail. It was showed that cavitation noise spectrum is too complex and there are some differences and disputes on the characterization of cavitation intensity by cavitation noise. In this review, we recommended a total cavitation noise intensity estimated via the integration of real cavitation noise spectrum over full frequency domain instead of artificially adding inaccurate filtering processing.     

The influence of air content in water on ultrasonic cavitation field

Cavitation is a complex physical phenomenon affected by many factors, one of which is the gas dissolved in the medium. Researchers have given some efforts to the influence of gas content on sonoluminescence or some specific chemical reactions in and around the bubble, but limited work has been reported about the influence on the ultrasonic cavitation field distribution. In this work, the intensity distribution of the ultrasound field in a cleaning tank has been measured with the hydrophone. After analysed and visualised by MATLAB software, it was found that the cavitation intensity distribution in degassed water was much better than that in tap water. And further study proved that degassing process can improve the cavitation effect dramatically both in intensity and scope. Finally, the cavitation fields in mediums with different gas content were measured and the specific influence of air content on cavitation field was discussed.     

The cavitation erosion of ultrasonic sonotrode during large-scale metallic casting: Experiment and simulation

Ultrasonic sonotrodes play an essential role in transmitting power ultrasound into the large-scale metallic casting. However, cavitation erosion considerably impairs the in-service performance of ultrasonic sonotrodes, leading to marginal microstructural refinement. In this work, the cavitation erosion behaviour of ultrasonic sonotrodes in large-scale castings was explored using the industry-level experiments of Al alloy cylindrical ingots (i.e. 630 mm in diameter and 6000 mm in length). When introducing power ultrasound, severe cavitation erosion was found to reproducibly occur at some specific positions on ultrasonic sonotrodes. However, there is no cavitation erosion present on the ultrasonic sonotrodes that were not driven by electric generator. Vibratory examination showed cavitation erosion depended on the vibration state of ultrasonic sonotrodes. Moreover, a finite element (FE) model was developed to simulate the evolution and distribution of acoustic pressure in 3-D solidification volume. FE simulation results confirmed that significant dynamic interaction between sonotrodes and melts only happened at some specific positions corresponding to severe cavitation erosion. This work will allow for developing more advanced ultrasonic sonotrodes with better cavitation erosion-resistance, in particular for large-scale castings, from the perspectives of ultrasonic physics and mechanical design.     

A correlation between cavitation bubble temperature,sonoluminescence and interfacial chemistry – A minireview

Ultrasound induced cavitation (acoustic cavitation) process is found useful in various applications. Scientists from various disciplines have been exploring the fundamental aspects of acoustic cavitation processes over several decades. It is well documented that extreme localised temperature and pressure conditions are generated when a cavitation bubble collapses. Several experimental techniques have also been developed to estimate cavitation bubble temperatures. Depending upon specific experimental conditions, light emission from cavitation bubbles is observed, referred to as sonoluminescence. Sonoluminescence studies have been used to develop a fundamental understanding of cavitation processes in single and multibubble systems. This minireview aims to provide some highlights on the development of basic understandings of acoustic cavitation processes using cavitation bubble temperature, sonoluminescence and interfacial chemistry over the past 2–3 decades.     

Theory of local electrification of cavitation bubbles: new approaches

The theory of local electrification of cavitation bubbles has been generalised. The major cases for a local electrification of bubbles in a cavitation field were considered; i.e., fragmentation and deformation of cavitation bubbles. The splitting of cavitation bubbles was considered taking into account surface tension, bubble perturbation, Stokes force and electrostatic forces between like charges on the wall of the collapsing neck of the fragment bubble. The problem of the uncompensated charge on the surface of the deformed cavitation bubble is solved. For this purpose radial deformations are considered in terms of the paraboloid of rotation and axial deformation approximated by one cavity hyperboloid of rotation. The maximum electric strength is accounted for. An explanation for some physical and physico-chemical effects in cavitation fields is proposed in terms of the electrical theory of the local electrification of cavitation bubbles.     

Acoustically responsive polydopamine nanodroplets: A novel theranostic agent

Ultrasound-induced cavitation has been used as a tool of enhancing extravasation and tissue penetration of anticancer agents in tumours. Initiating cavitation in tissue however, requires high acoustic intensities that are neither safe nor easy to achieve with current clinical systems. The use of cavitation nuclei can however lower the acoustic intensities required to initiate cavitation and the resulting bio-effects in situ. Microbubbles, solid gas-trapping nanoparticles, and phase shift nanodroplets are some examples in a growing list of proposed cavitation nuclei. Besides the ability to lower the cavitation threshold, stability, long circulation times, biocompatibility and biodegradability, are some of the desirable characteristics that a clinically applicable cavitation agent should possess. In this study, we present a novel formulation of ultrasound-triggered phase transition sub-micrometer sized nanodroplets (~400 nm) stabilised with a biocompatible polymer, polydopamine (PDA). PDA offers some important benefits: (1) facile fabrication, as dopamine monomers are directly polymerised on the nanodroplets, (2) high polymer biocompatibility, and (3) ease of functionalisation with other molecules such as drugs or targeting species. We demonstrate that the acoustic intensities required to initiate inertial cavitation can all be achieved with existing clinical ultrasound systems. Cell viability and haemolysis studies show that nanodroplets are biocompatible. Our results demonstrate the great potential of PDA nanodroplets as an acoustically active nanodevice, which is highly valuable for biomedical applications including drug delivery and treatment monitoring.     

Contemporary review on nature of sonoluminescence and sonochemical reactions

The major cases for a local electrification of bubbles in a cavitation field were considered: with the fragmentation of cavitation bubbles and also with only deformation of them. The problem of the uncompensated charge on the surface of the deformed cavitation bubble is solved in general view. The radial deformations approximated by the paraboloid of rotation and axial deformations by one cavity hyperboloid of rotation. The maximum electric strength is accounted. In the terms of electrical theory of the local electrification of cavitation bubbles the explanation of some physical and physico-chemical effects in the cavitation fields is proposed. The theory of local electrification now is single theory which correlates majority of experimental facts for multibubble cavitation fields. The theory of single bubble sonoluminescence was worked out.