Influence of Acoustic Streams on the Efficiency of Ultrasonic Particle Agglomeration
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Abstract
The article is devoted to the study of ultrasonic agglomeration of PM 2.5 in homogeneous and inhomogeneous ultrasonic fields. The possibility of increasing the efficiency of ultrasonic agglomeration by initiating acoustic streams in a resonant inhomogeneous ultrasonic field is shown. A inhomogeneous ultrasonic field with zones of high and low sound pressure levels formed using a bending-oscillating disk transmitter made it possible to initiate acoustic vortex-type streaming that promotes the movement of particles into the nodal areas of a standing wave and between them. Due to the formation of a inhomogeneous ultrasonic field, the efficiency of particle collection is increased: for PM 2.5, the efficiency reaches 95%; PM 1.5—92%; PM 0.5—85%. The results were obtained under the following conditions: concentration 2 × 10−2 g/m3, sound pressure level 165 dB, flow rate 6.2 m3/h. For comparison, when a homogeneous ultrasonic field is formed in the agglomeration chamber (under similar conditions), the efficiency of particle capture by inertial gas cleaning equipment does not exceed the following: for PM 2.5—89%; PM 1.5—85%; and PM 0.5—76%. The obtained research results made it possible to propose a design for an agglomeration chamber that can greatly increase the productivity of ultrasonic flow processing.
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OpenAlex topics: Aerosol Filtration and Electrostatic Precipitation · Cyclone Separators and Fluid Dynamics · Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows
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Affiliations
Department of Methods and Tools for Measurement and Automation, Biysk Technological Institute (Branch) of the Altay State Technical University, Trofimova St., 27, 659305 Biysk, Russia
Funding
Russian Science Foundation
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