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Efficiency Issues for Ultrasound

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The yield of sonication depends heavily on ultrasonic factors. Hence, the experimental conditions for ultrasound treatment must be carefully considered when a process is designed and controlled during the ultrasonic irradiation. Operating conditions such as applied ultrasound frequency, ultrasound intensity, liquid bulk temperature, initial pH of the solution, initial substrate concentration, and others affect ultrasound treatment performance in a positive or adverse way. As ultrasound alone is usually insufficient for total mineralization of organic compounds in the wastewater, the addition of various additives and combined or integrated treatments are of common interests for improving mineralization reaction and enhancing degradation efficiency of the pollutant as a whole. This chapter is a brief account of the main parameters influencing cavitation chemistry and ways to enhance the ultrasound treatment performance.

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    Ta Yeong Wu, Ningqun Guo, Chee Yang Teh & Jacqueline Xiao Wen Hay

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Wu, T.Y., Guo, N., Teh, C.Y., Hay, J.X.W. (2013). Efficiency Issues for Ultrasound. In: Advances in Ultrasound Technology for Environmental Remediation. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science(). Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5533-8_4

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