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US 8,147,619 B2Granted
Chemical cavitation and cleaning process
OwnerHeiko Ackermanninventor
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Abstract
Cavitation is an often used mechanism for accelerating chemical reactions and for cleaning purposes. This invention describes a very simple process for generating cavitation with a vibration table through vertical excitations which generates a “water hammer” that generates very effective cavitation. A simple example is given for an industrial application of this process—splitting cellulose via sulfuric acid to glucose.
Claims7
A method for generating cavitation in a fluid comprising:
- placing a liquid in a container;
- generating a vacuum in the container with a vacuum pump in fluid communication with the container;
- and subjecting the container to vertical oscillations to generate cavitation in the fluid.
An apparatus comprising:
- a container with a cover;
- a vacuum pump in fluid communication with the container;
- at least one vibrator connected to the container such that the vibrator is capable of generating vertical oscillations of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.