Aiming at the scale problem in heat-transfer equipments, experimental investigation on antiscale and scale removalby ultrasonic cavitation is performed. By means of microscopic magnifying photography system, thesedimentary phenomenon can be observed. The experimental research reveals the influencing rule of acoustic intensity,cavitational distance, liquid temperature and solution concentration. The experimental results indicate thatliquid temperature has different effects on antiscale and scale removal. Different experimental liquids are used forantiscale and scale removal experiments. The results show that every liquid has a respective Cavitational activetemperature. When ultrasonic is used for antiscale, the smaller acoustic intensity is, the better effect is. But, whenultrasonic is used for scale removal, acoustic intensity has a reverse influence. In addition, biggish solution concentrationis propitious to antiscale for long-time running. Distance of test sample to ultrasonic transducer alsohas certain influence on antiscale and scale removal. The smaller the distance to ultrasonic transducer is, the bettereffects antiscale and scale removal have.
LI Hong-xia,HUAI Xiu-lan,CAI Jun and LIANG Shi-qiangInstitute of Engineering Thermophysics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,100190,China Professor
In this paper, by introducing the flow velocity item into the classical Rayleigh-Plesset dynamic equation, a newequation, which does not involve the time term and can describe the motion of cavitation bubble in the steadycavitating flow, has been obtained. By solving the new motion equation using Runge-Kutta fourth order methodwith adaptive step size control, the dynamic behaviors of cavitation bubble driven by the varying pressure fielddownstream of a venturi cavitation reactor are numerically simulated. The effects of liquid temperature (correspondingto the saturated vapor pressure of liquid), cavitation number and inlet pressure of venturi on radial motionof bubble and pressure pulse due to the radial motion are analyzed and discussed in detail. Some dynamicbehaviors of bubble different from those in previous papers are displayed. In addition, the internal relationshipbetween bubble dynamics and process intensification is also discussed. The simulation results reported in thiswork reveal the variation laws of cavitation intensity with the flow conditions of liquid, and will lay a foundationfor the practical application of hydrodynamic cavitation technology.
Jun CAI,Xiulan HUAI and Xunfeng LIInstitute of Engineering Thermophysics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,P.O.Box 2706,Beijing 100190,China Professor
