K-NanoSonic® KNS series...Ultrasonic Sonochemistry Equipment , Ultrasonic Biodiesel Reactor (20KHz)

 Sonochemistry the application of ultrasound to chemical reactions and processes is based on the phenomenon of cavitation : the formation, growth and implosive collapse of bubbles in a liquid.
Cavitation can be produced through different means, including high pressure nozzles, high velocity rotation, or ultrasonic transducers. The input energy is transformed into friction, turbulences, waves and cavitation.
Cavitation bubbles are vacuum bubbles, created by a fast moving surface on one side and an inert liquid on the other. The resulting pressure differences serve to overcome the cohesion and adhesion forces within the liquid. Cavitational collapse produces intense local heating (~5,000 K), high pressures (~1,000 atm), and enormous heating and cooling rates (>109 K/sec and liquid jet streams (~400 km/h).

Applications:

Biodiesel conventionally is produced by the base-catalyzed transesterification of fatty acids from vegetable oils or animal fats with methanol in a batch reactor using heat and mechanical mixing energy as energy inputs. Glycerol is a byproduct of the reaction, and must be separated from the biodiesel product. The use of ultrasonic processing not only can provide energy for the reaction, but can achieve better mixing and more rapid separation. Hielscher estimates that costs for ultrasonication in biodiesel processing will vary between €0.002 and

• Researchers at Iowa State University are exploring the use of ultrasonics to boost ethanol production from corn.

• Advanced Plant Pharmaceuticals, through its merger with World Health Energy, is adopting ultrasonication as its biodiesel process to provide itself with production cost advantages.

• GreenShift Corporation formed General Ultrasonics Corporation, a development stage company that owns patented technologies that use ultrasonic energies to enhance physical and chemical reactions including more efficient steam reformation to produce hydrogen.

Competitive Advantage:

• Flexible system designs for any length of pipe.

• May be adapted to most any diameter pipe or tube.

• Will drive most any pipe thickness (e.g.1mm to 30mm) at high power.

• Flow through design allows easy adaptation to lab and industrial systems.

• Long wave guides options allow for very high temperature applications.

• Wide ranging power options offer:

• Simplified one-piece tube design without seams or joints allows easy internal cleaning and sterilization

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