Apparatus and method for ultrasonic treatment of a liquid
Abstract
The present invention is an apparatus and method for ultrasonically treating a liquid to generate a product. The apparatus is capable of treating a continuously-flowing, or intermittently-flowing, liquid along a line segment coincident with the flow path of the liquid. The apparatus has one or more ultrasonic transducers positioned asymmetrically about the line segment. The ultrasonic field encompasses the line segment and the ultrasonic energy may be concentrated along the line segment. Lysing treatments have been successfully achieved with efficiencies of greater than 99% using ultrasound at MHz frequencies without erosion or heating problems and without the need for chemical or mechanical pretreatment, or contrast agents. The present invention overcomes drawbacks of current ultrasonic treatments beyond lysing and opens up new sonochemical and sonophysical processing opportunities.
- Inventors:
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- Richland, WA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 874990
- Patent Number(s):
- 6506584
- Assignee:
- Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY
C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12M - APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- apparatus; method; ultrasonic; treatment; liquid; ultrasonically; treating; generate; product; capable; continuously-flowing; intermittently-flowing; line; segment; coincident; flow; path; transducers; positioned; asymmetrically; field; encompasses; energy; concentrated; lysing; treatments; successfully; achieved; efficiencies; 99; ultrasound; mhz; frequencies; erosion; heating; chemical; mechanical; pretreatment; contrast; agents; overcomes; drawbacks; current; sonochemical; sonophysical; processing; opportunities; flow path; ultrasonic energy; /435/
Citation Formats
Chandler, Darrell P, Posakony, Gerald J, Bond, Leonard J, and Bruckner-Lea, Cynthia J. Apparatus and method for ultrasonic treatment of a liquid. United States: N. p., 2003.
Web.
Chandler, Darrell P, Posakony, Gerald J, Bond, Leonard J, & Bruckner-Lea, Cynthia J. Apparatus and method for ultrasonic treatment of a liquid. United States.
Chandler, Darrell P, Posakony, Gerald J, Bond, Leonard J, and Bruckner-Lea, Cynthia J. Tue .
"Apparatus and method for ultrasonic treatment of a liquid". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/874990.
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abstractNote = {The present invention is an apparatus and method for ultrasonically treating a liquid to generate a product. The apparatus is capable of treating a continuously-flowing, or intermittently-flowing, liquid along a line segment coincident with the flow path of the liquid. The apparatus has one or more ultrasonic transducers positioned asymmetrically about the line segment. The ultrasonic field encompasses the line segment and the ultrasonic energy may be concentrated along the line segment. Lysing treatments have been successfully achieved with efficiencies of greater than 99% using ultrasound at MHz frequencies without erosion or heating problems and without the need for chemical or mechanical pretreatment, or contrast agents. The present invention overcomes drawbacks of current ultrasonic treatments beyond lysing and opens up new sonochemical and sonophysical processing opportunities.},
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