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High frequency ultrasound penetration through concentric tubes: illustrating cooling effects and cavitation intensity

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Effective cooling of water by using high frequency ultrasound waves in two concentric straight tubes was investigated. The outer tube was equipped with eight 1.7 MHz ultrasound transducers. The cavitation intensity in both tubes was examined by employing the Weissler reaction. The experimental results showed that employing the 1.7 MHz ultrasound waves caused high temperature drop in the internal tube while no significant thermal effects occurred in the outer tube.

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Abbreviations

A :

Light absorption

\(C_{{{\text{I}}_{3}^{ - } }}\) :

Concentration of \({\text{I}}_{3}^{ - }\), mol/m3

C p :

Specific heat capacity, J/kg K

dq :

Amount of the exchanged heat flow rate, W

l :

Optical path length, m

m :

Mass, kg

\(\dot{m}\) :

Mass flow rate, kg/s

PA :

The amplitude of the ultrasound waves power, W

P diss :

Dissipated power, W

Q :

Volume flow rate, L/min

q :

Heat flow rate, W

t :

Time interval, s

T :

Temperature,  °C

US :

Ultrasound

UST :

Ultrasound transducer

Z:

Acoustic impedance

α T :

Transmission coefficient

α R :

Reflection coefficient

∆H vap :

Enthalpy of vaporization, J/kg

ΔT :

Temperature change, °C

ε 353 :

Molar extinction coefficient of \({\text{I}}_{3}^{ - }\) at a wavelength of 353 nm

v1:

Referring to evaporation process at entrance of the internal tube

v2:

Referring to evaporation process along the concentric tubes

c :

Cold

h :

Hot

i :

Inlet

loss :

Referring to heat flow rate transferred to the environment

o :

Outlet

us :

With ultrasound waves

0:

Without ultrasound waves

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The authors highly acknowledge the Iranian National Gas company-Kermanshah province for the financial support of this work.

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Rahimi, M., Abolhasani, M. & Azimi, N. High frequency ultrasound penetration through concentric tubes: illustrating cooling effects and cavitation intensity. Heat Mass Transfer 51, 587–599 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-014-1435-9

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