Low frequency ultrasonic device Sonitube: A possible gate to pilot and industrial scale applications

Jean-Marc Lévêque (1) , L. Duclaux (1) , Dominique Fontvieille (2) , Nicolas Gondrexon , Raphael Vibert , Arnaud Perrier

1 LCME - Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire et Environnement
2 CARRTEL - Centre Alpin de Recherche sur les Réseaux Trophiques et Ecosystèmes Limniques

One of the first commercially available low frequency ultrasonic devices working on continuous mode, Sonitube (R), is presented and described here below. This apparatus, unique in its design, is not only of an easy handling but also does require neither heavy maintenance nor high energy input. In addition the great advantage to work on continuous mode allows to foreseen potential pilot and even small scale industrial applications with flow-rates from 50 to 800L/h. Its potential has been so far explored in protein disaggregation, dispersion of aggregates and particles and transesterification processes. Here, some preliminary results done on biogas processing will be presented and discussed, highlighting the high potential of this device.

Domaines: Chimie analytique; Ingénierie de l'environnement

Jean-Marc Lévêque, L. Duclaux, Dominique Fontvieille, Nicolas Gondrexon, Raphael Vibert, et al.. Low frequency ultrasonic device Sonitube: A possible gate to pilot and industrial scale applications. 3rd International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Sciences (ICFAS 2014), Jun 2014, Kuala Lumpur, France. 1621 (1621), AIP Publishing, pp.250-255, 2014, AIP Conf. Proc., 978-0-7354-1258-3. ⟨10.1063/1.4898474⟩. ⟨hal-01217473⟩