Sonochemical reaction with microbubbles generated by hollow ultrasonic horn

A microbubble generator with a cylindrical hollow ultrasonic horn (HUSH), gas flow path, and an orifice inside it can produce high ultrasonic pressure around the generated microbubbles. We used this microbubble generator with a HUSH as a sonochemical reactor for the degradation of indigo carmine and evaluated the sonochemical reaction by simply inserting the horn end into a liquid. The experimental results revealed that the ultrasonic irradiation around ultrasonically generated microbubbles effectively degraded indigo carmine in water. In addition, degradation experiments performed by varying the ultrasonic power and gas flow rates indicated that a continuous gas supply and ultrasonic pressure were required for generating the microbubbles, without the generation of millimeter-scale bubbles, to enhance the sonochemical reaction in water.     

碟形超声变幅杆的设计

优化超声变幅杆的形状结构可有效地提高水域声场分布和空化区域,提升对水域超声空化效果。通过模拟分析发现传统超声变幅杆在水域中具有声场分布均匀性差、变幅杆端部声压高等特征,不利于声波在水域中传播。基于此,提出并优化设计了一种具有碟形结构的变幅杆,位于变幅杆的最大振幅处的碟形结构,有更大的振动位移;模拟表明其水域声场和声压均衡度显著优于传统变幅杆,铝箔空化腐蚀实验进一步证实了其水域中的声压分布均匀性。同时,实验通过铝箔的空化腐蚀、KI剂量测定及工件表面油渍去除对比了传统变幅杆和碟形变幅杆,分析表明碟形变幅杆所在水域中有较大的空化腐蚀区域,腐蚀速率明显提升,声化学反应速率提高,油渍去除程度增强,说明了设计的碟形变幅杆能够促进空化泡的产生,增加水域空化区域。     

UV-CuII-laser with cylindrical hollow cathodes

The UV-performance of a CuII-laser with cylindrical hollow cathodes has been investigated. The output power was measured in dependence of the neon pressure and the discharge current. By disconnecting cathode segments from the power supply, the active discharge length could be varied and the threshold and saturation currents were determined in dependence of the length of the active medium. The lowest threshold current amounted to 7 A. The laser emission saturates at current densities of 0.4 A/cm².     

Agglomeration and rapid ascent of microbubbles by ultrasonic irradiation

Microbubbles have some different characteristics from conventional bubbles. To apply the useful properties for gas-liquid contact operation in industry, however, a separate technology of microbubbles has to be realized. In this study, promotion of microbubble separation using ultrasound was proposed. By irradiating with ultrasound, milky white microbubbles suspended solution changed instantaneously to be clear. The interesting behavior of microbubbles observed in the ultrasonic field was investigated by microscopic and macroscopic visualizations. The rapid ascent of microbubbles was caused by their agglomeration, where the Bjerknes force of attraction and electrical repulsive force on microbubble surface acted. Ultrasonic irradiation into microbubble suspended solution was very useful for dynamic operation of microbubbles.     

Frequency relationships for ultrasonic activation of free microbubbles, encapsulated microbubbles, and gas-filled micropores.

The ultrasonic activation of free microbubbles, encapsulated microbubbles, and gas-filled micropores was explored using available linear theory. Encapsulated microbubbles, used in contrast agents for diagnostic ultrasound, have relatively high resonance frequencies and damping. At 2 MHz the resonance radii are 1.75 microns for free microbubbles, 4.0 microns for encapsulated microbubbles, and 1.84 microns for gas-filled micropores. Higher-pressure amplitudes are needed to elicit equivalent subharmonic, fundamental, or second-harmonic responses from the encapsulated microbubbles, and this behavior increases for higher frequencies. If an encapsulated microbubble becomes destabilized during exposure,the resulting liberated microbubble would be about twice the linear resonance size, which would be likely to produce subharmonic signals. Scattered signals used for medical imaging purposes may be indicative of bioeffects potential: The second harmonic signal is proportional to local shear stress for a microbubble on a boundary, and a strong subharmonic signal may imply destabilization and nucleation of free-microbubble cavitation activity. The potential for bioeffects from contrast agent gas bodies decreases rapidly with increasing frequency. This information should be valuable for understanding of the etiology of bioeffects related to contrast agents and for developing exposure indices and risk management strategies for their use in diagnostic ultrasound.     

Resonance behaviors of encapsulated microbubbles oscillating nonlinearly with ultrasonic excitation

The resonance behaviors of a few lipid-coated microbubbles acoustically activated in viscoelastic media were comprehensively examined via radius response analysis. The size polydispersity and random spatial distribution of the interacting microbubbles, the rheological properties of the lipid shell and the viscoelasticity of the surrounding medium were considered simultaneously. The obtained radius response curves present a successive occurrence of linear resonances, nonlinear harmonic and sub-harmonic resonances with the acoustic pressure increasing. The microbubble resonance is radius-, pressure- and frequency-dependent. Specifically, the maximum bubble expansion ratio at the main resonance peak increases but the resonant radius decreases as the ultrasound pressure increases, while both of them decrease with the ultrasound frequency increasing. Moreover, compared to an isolated microbubble case, it is found that large microbubbles in close proximity prominently suppress the resonant oscillations while slightly increase the resonant radii for both harmonic and subharmonic resonances, even leading to the disappearance of the subharmonic resonance with the influences increasing to a certain degree. In addition, the results also suggest that both the encapsulating shell and surrounding medium can substantially dampen the harmonic and subharmonic resonances while increase the resonant radii, which seem to be affected by the medium viscoelasticity to a greater degree rather than the shell properties. This work offers valuable insights into the resonance behaviors of microbubbles oscillating in viscoelastic biological media, greatly contributing to further optimizing their biomedical applications.     

Scattering of short ultrasonic pulses by thin cylindrical shells; Generation of guided waves inside the shell

We have studied the backscattering of short ultrasonic pulses by solid elastic cylindrical shells at high values of ka. When the thickness e of the shell is larger than the mean value of the wavelength λ_L for longitudinally polarized waves, the scattered echoes are well explained by a geometrical theory and their interpretation is trivial. Much more interesting is the case of very thin shells (e < λ_L) where we have observed the generation of two kinds of guided waves reradiating in the outer liquid and also in the inner liquid when present. For these shells five different sets of echoes corresponding to distinct propagation procedures have been identified.     

Measurement of ultrasonic power of cylindrical horns

Monitoring high power ultrasonic equipment and the determination of the efficiency of transducers depends upon the methods used to measure ultrasonic power. This paper discusses several such methods used on longitudinally vibrating horns, and describes in detail a new electronic method of measuring acoustic power.     

Air-coupled ultrasonic investigation of stacked cylindrical rods

Measurement of the periodicities of diffraction gratings composed of stacked cylindrical rods is explored using an air-coupled ultrasonic technique. Acoustic Bragg scattering from three periodic structures is investigated by means of a polar scan. Consequently, Bragg angles and corresponding frequencies are obtained from angular spectrograms, using two different data acquisition approaches. According to the principle of Bragg scattering, the periodicities of the three periodic structures, which are equal to the diameter of the cylindrical rods, are determined. In order to evaluate the reliability of the technique and its accuracy, the obtained diameters are compared with those directly measured with a digital caliber. To show the robustness of the technique measurements are done with transducers of different quality.     

Numerical modeling of ultrasonic cavitation by dividing coated microbubbles into groups

Homogeneous cavitation models usually use an average radius to predict the dynamics of all bubbles. However, bubbles with different sizes may have quite different dynamic characteristics. In this study, the bubbles are divided into several groups by size, and the volume-weighted average radius is used to separately calculate the dynamics of each group using a modified bubble dynamics equation. In the validation part, the oscillations of bubbles with two sizes are simulated by dividing them into 2 groups. Comparing with the predictions by the Volume of Fluid (VOF) method, the bubble dynamics of each size are precisely predicted by the proposed model. Then coated microbubbles with numerous sizes are divided into several groups in equal quantity, and the influence of the group number is analyzed. For bubble oscillations at f = 0.1 MHz and 1 MHz without ruptures, the oscillation amplitude is obviously under-estimated by the 1-group model, while they are close to each other after the group number increases to 9. For bubble ruptures triggered by Gaussian pulses, the predictions are close to each other when more than 5 groups are used.     

使用Inventor软件的超声变幅杆模态分析

使用Inventor软件建立超声变幅杆三维实体模型,并利用软件中集成的ANSYS有限元分析模块对其进行了模态分析,得到变幅杆各阶振型和纵向振动固有频率。分析结果表明,固有频率的模态分析值与实测值接近。Inventor软件将形状设计与力学分析集为一体,方便了变幅杆的设计。     

半波长余弦形超声聚能器

本文导出了半波长余弦形聚能器的频率方程以及参数的计算式和曲线,根据理论公式设计制作了这种聚能器,通过对谐振频率及放大系数的测量发现实测值与理论值吻合。     

超声弯曲模式变幅杆的振动分析

介绍了用传递矩阵分析超声弯曲变幅杆的方法,推导了变幅杆的频率方程、放大系数、形状因子的表达式。作为方法的应用例,对圆锥形变幅杆进行了一些数值计算。最后进行了验证。结果表明传递矩阵法是弯曲变幅杆分析的有效方法。     

Investigation of noninertial cavitation produced by an ultrasonic horn

This paper reports on noninertial cavitation that occurs beyond the zone close to the horn tip to which the inertial cavitation is confined. The noninertial cavitation is characterized by collating the data from a range of measurements of bubbles trapped on a solid surface in this noninertial zone. Specifically, the electrochemical measurement of mass transfer to an electrode is compared with high-speed video of the bubble oscillation. This gas bubble is shown to be a "noninertial" event by electrochemical surface erosion measurements and "ring-down" experiments showing the activity and motion of the bubble as the sound excitation was terminated. These measurements enable characterization of the complex environment produced below an operating ultrasonic horn outside of the region where inertial collapse can be detected. The extent to which solid boundaries in the liquid cause the frequencies and shapes of oscillatory modes on the bubble wall to differ from their free field values is discussed.     

Temperature patterns on a hollow cylindrical catalytic pellet

The atmospheric oxidation of a mixture containing 6 vol % carbon monoxide was carried out on a hollow cylindrical catalytic pellet. The catalyst was held in a conical reactor which enabled simultaneous measurement of the temperature patterns on the top and side of the pellet by an IR imager. Upon a decrease in the reactor temperature the fully ignited, high temperature state of the pellet is transformed to a nonuniform one with temperature fronts separating high and low temperature regions. The transition and the resulting states are rather intricate and are strongly influenced by the nonuniformity of the catalyst and the transport to and from it, as well as the global coupling, which stabilizes temperature fronts and patterns, which would not exist in its absence. Intricate pulse splitting and extinction were observed both on the top and the side of the pellet. Highly irregular motions and conversions were obtained following a decrease in the reactor temperature. (c) 1999 American Institute of Physics.     

径向复合圆柱压电超声换能器

提出一种三元径向复合圆柱压电超声换能器,并对其径向振动特性进行了研究。基于弹性力学理论及机电类比原理,导出了柱坐标系中分割处理径向极化压电陶瓷管准厚度模振动及薄壁短圆管径向振动的机电等效电路;利用径向力和振速连续的边界条件,得出了径向复合圆柱压电换能器系统的径向振动机电等效电路及其共振频率方程。探讨了换能器径向共振频率及有效机电耦合系数随其几何尺寸的变化关系。研究表明,换能器的径向共振频率及有效机电耦合系数随其内芯半径和预应力管壁厚度增大而降低。研制了一些径向复合圆柱压电换能器,并对其径向共振频率进行了测试。结果表明,理论与实验结果基本一致。      

Shaping of intense ion beams into hollow cylindrical form

A specifically tailored plasma lens could shape a high-energy, heavy-ion beam into the form of a hollow cylinder without loss of beam intensity. It has been experimentally confirmed that both a positive as well as a negative radial gradient of the current density in the active plasma lens can be the underlying principle. Calculations were performed that yield the ideal current density distribution for both cases. A numerical simulation of an experiment with an intense ion beam highlights that the shaping of the beam increases the achievable compression in a lead sample.