Scaling-up ultrasound standing wave enhanced sedimentation filters
- Submitting institution
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University of Chester
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 10034/552290
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.ultras.2014.08.003
- Title of journal
- Ultrasonics
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- First page
- 260
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0041-624X
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- August
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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4
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- The paper is an important contribution because it presents a combined experimental and computational analysis of ultrasound for solid-liquid separation at industrial scale. Ultrasound has been successfully demonstrated at small scales for solids that are difficult to separate, particularly those that are deformable such as cells in suspended culture. At larger scales, the efficiency of power transfer into the ultrasonic waves should be maximised to reduce the energy lost as heat which causes thermal currents that disrupt the sedimentation. The results provide guidelines for scaled up designs such as maximum duct height and positioning of pin contacts.
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- Non-English
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