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FEM-based time-reversal enhanced ultrasonic cleaning
Pipe fouling is a challenging problem in many industrial applications. Current cleaning techniques require halting the production during the cleaning phase and the existing methods are unable to do targeted cleaning, even though fouling is often localized to certain areas inside the pipeline. To add...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8560624/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34662805 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2021.105798 |
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author | Mustonen, Joonas Tommiska, Oskari Holmström, Axi Rauhala, Timo Moilanen, Petro Gritsevich, Maria Salmi, Ari Hæggström, Edward |
author_facet | Mustonen, Joonas Tommiska, Oskari Holmström, Axi Rauhala, Timo Moilanen, Petro Gritsevich, Maria Salmi, Ari Hæggström, Edward |
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description | Pipe fouling is a challenging problem in many industrial applications. Current cleaning techniques require halting the production during the cleaning phase and the existing methods are unable to do targeted cleaning, even though fouling is often localized to certain areas inside the pipeline. To address this issue, we use FEM-simulated, time-reversed signals to focus ultrasound power onto a pre-determined location: a fouled pipe residing inside a Plexiglas container. Ultrasound cleaning with similar acoustic power was compared to the time-reversal enhanced method in terms of cleaning efficiency. The cleaning efficiency was determined by measuring how much fouling, by mass, both protocols removed from the surface of a Plexiglas pipe, using similar input electric power and equal cleaning time. Our results indicate that the proposed time-reversal-based technique removes three times more fouling than the standard ultrasound cleaning without focusing. The study extends our previous paper on FEM-based time-reversal focusing [1]. |
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spelling | pubmed-85606242021-11-08 FEM-based time-reversal enhanced ultrasonic cleaning Mustonen, Joonas Tommiska, Oskari Holmström, Axi Rauhala, Timo Moilanen, Petro Gritsevich, Maria Salmi, Ari Hæggström, Edward Ultrason Sonochem Original Research Article Pipe fouling is a challenging problem in many industrial applications. Current cleaning techniques require halting the production during the cleaning phase and the existing methods are unable to do targeted cleaning, even though fouling is often localized to certain areas inside the pipeline. To address this issue, we use FEM-simulated, time-reversed signals to focus ultrasound power onto a pre-determined location: a fouled pipe residing inside a Plexiglas container. Ultrasound cleaning with similar acoustic power was compared to the time-reversal enhanced method in terms of cleaning efficiency. The cleaning efficiency was determined by measuring how much fouling, by mass, both protocols removed from the surface of a Plexiglas pipe, using similar input electric power and equal cleaning time. Our results indicate that the proposed time-reversal-based technique removes three times more fouling than the standard ultrasound cleaning without focusing. The study extends our previous paper on FEM-based time-reversal focusing [1]. Elsevier 2021-10-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8560624/ /pubmed/34662805 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2021.105798 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Original Research Article Mustonen, Joonas Tommiska, Oskari Holmström, Axi Rauhala, Timo Moilanen, Petro Gritsevich, Maria Salmi, Ari Hæggström, Edward FEM-based time-reversal enhanced ultrasonic cleaning |
title | FEM-based time-reversal enhanced ultrasonic cleaning |
title_full | FEM-based time-reversal enhanced ultrasonic cleaning |
title_fullStr | FEM-based time-reversal enhanced ultrasonic cleaning |
title_full_unstemmed | FEM-based time-reversal enhanced ultrasonic cleaning |
title_short | FEM-based time-reversal enhanced ultrasonic cleaning |
title_sort | fem-based time-reversal enhanced ultrasonic cleaning |
topic | Original Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8560624/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34662805 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultsonch.2021.105798 |
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