What Is Sonochemistry? Efficiency Reactor by High-Power Ultrasonic

Ultrasonic is well known to intensify and initiate chemical reactions. Therefore, the integration of high-performance ultrasound is considered as reliable tool to promote chemical reactors for improved reaction outcomes. 

We offers various reactor solutions to tweak your chemical process.  Learn how ultrasound can improve your chemical reactor!

Advantages of Ultrasonical Chemical Reactors

superior efficiency

precise control

batch and inline

stainless steel, glass, hastelloy etc.

Adaptability

linear scalability

low maintenance

simple, safe operation

easy retro-fitting

How Does Power Ultrasonic Improve Chemical Reactors?

The integration of one or more ultrasonic probes (sonotrodes) allows to couple powerful ultrasound waves into the chemical reactor. Intense ultrasonic of liquids and slurries not only create strong turbulences due to acoustic vibration but is known for multiple effects, which are defined under the term “sonochemistry”.

What is Sonochemistry? How Does it Promote Reactions?

High-intensity ultrasound / high-power ultrasound is applied to chemical systems in order to initiate and promote reactions, improve conversion rate and yields or to switch reaction pathways. The physical phenomenon responsible for sonochemical effects is acoustic cavitation. When high-intensity ultrasound waves are coupled into a liquid medium, the waves travel through the liquid creating alternating low pressure (rarefaction) and high pressure (compression) cycles. During the low pressure / rarefaction, minute vacuum bubbles arise in the liquid, which grow over several pressure cycles until the vacuum bubble reaches a point where it cannot absorb any further energy. At the point of maximum bubble growth, the bubble implodes violently during a high pressure cycle. During the implosive bubble collapse, the phenomenon of cavitation can be observed. Ultrasonic cavitation creates so called “hot spots,” which are characterized by extreme conditions such as temperature of up to ∼5000 K with very high heating/cooling rates of > 1000 K s-1, pressures of up to ∼1000 bar as well as respective temperature and pressure differentials. The liquid or slurry is heavily agitated by liquid jets and shear forces.

Advantage

1. Core parts with Titanium materials

2. Ultrasonic horn with different size and type for selection

3. Matching with digital generator, auto-tuning, auto search frequency

4. With automatic alarm protection, easy to operate

5. Power adjustable from 1% to 99%

6. Amplitude stability, long working hours, radiation area is increased 2.5 times than
traditional tools

7. Provide consulting services and custom reactor designs

8. Custom sizes available for laboratory and high volume industrial applications.

Application

Food processing Reaction Acceleration
-cavitation accelerates chemical and physical reactions.

Fine Particle Dispersion
-nanoparticle processing

Disruption and Cell Lysing
-will break open biological tissues and Cells to extract enzymes and DNA, prepare vaccines.

Homogenization
-making uniform mixtures of liquids or liquid suspensions.

Emulsification
-processing foods, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics.

Dissolution
-dissolving solids in solvents.

Degassing
-removing gases from solutions without heat or vacuum.

Inline pipe cleaning
-removes scale or build/up without disassembly.Cylindrical 360° internally radiating chamber.