Energy Aspects of Acoustic Cavitation and Sonochemistry

Oualid Hamdaoui is a full professor of chemical engineering at King Saud University, in Saudi Arabia. His main research interests are focused on sonochemistry, acoustic cavitation, advanced oxidation processes, separation processes, desalination, and water treatment. He has held several academic appointments as coordinator of Master and Doctorate programs in Chemical and Environmental Process Engineering. He has received many awards including the Thomson Reuters Award in Engineering, Scopus Award (Elsevier) in Chemical Engineering, Francophonie Award for young researchers, option Sciences and Medicine, ranked first on the list of suitable candidates to the title of full professor (technology section) of the twenty-sixth (26th) session of the National University Commission, Abdul-Hameed Shoman Award for Young Arab Researchers in Engineering Sciences, Jordan and the best scientific publication award of The National Agency for the Development of University Research. Kaouther Kerboua is an Associate Professor at the National Higher School of Technology and Engineering, Algeria, where she is the head of L3M laboratory. She is also an associate Researcher at the National Research Center in Environment. Her research interests and activities are in the fields of acoustic cavitation, sonochemistry, advanced oxidation processes, water treatment, energy, green hydrogen, modelling and simulation. Her research track counts tens of Q1/Q2 research papers in reputable journals. She previously co-edited a book in the field entitled Energy Aspects of Acoustic Cavitation and Sonochemistry, Fundamentals and Engineering (Elsevier, 2022). Dr Kerboua is also a member of the editorial board of the Elsevier journal Ultrasonics and Sonochemistry and is currently leading and collaborating on several national and international projects with colleagues in Norway, Canada, and Germany.

Part I

The single acoustic cavitation

bubble as an energetic system:

qualitative and quantitative

assessments 1

1. Single acoustic cavitation bubble and

energy concentration concept 3

2. The energy forms and energy

conversion 23

3. Physical effects and associated

energy release 35

4. Sonochemical reactions, when, where

and how: Modelling approach 49

5. Sonochemical reactions, when, where

and how: Experimental approach 77

Part II

The bubble population:

an analytic view into mutual

forces and allied energy exchange 97

6. The Bjerknes forces and acoustic

radiation energy 99

7. Nonlinear oscillations and resonances

of the acoustic bubble and the

mechanisms of energy dissipation 109

8. Damping mechanisms of oscillating

gas/vapor bubbles in liquids 131

Part III

Ultrasound assisted processes,

sonochemical reactors and

energy efficiency 155

10. Efficiency assessment and mapping

of cavitational activities in

sonochemical reactors 157

11. Sources of dissipation: An outlook into

the effects of operational conditions 183

12. Mechanistic issues of energy

efficiency of an ultrasonic process:

Role of free and dissolved gas 193

13. Simulation of sonoreators accounting

for dissipated power 219

14. Technological designs and energy

efficiency: The optimal paths 249

Part IV

Green, sustainable and benign

by design process? The place

and perspective of ultrasound

assisted processes and

sonochemistry in industrial

applications based on energy

efficiency 263

15. Acoustic cavitation and sonochemistry

in industry: State of the art 265

16. Crystallization of pharmaceutical

compounds: Process Intensification

using ultrasonic irradiations -

Experimental approach 279

17. Sonochemical degradation of

fluoroquinolone and ß-lactam

antibiotics – A view on

transformations, degradation

efficiency, and consumed energy 287

18. The use of ultrasonic treatment in

technological processes of complex

processing of industrial waste:

Energetic insights 299

19. The sonochemical and ultrasoundassisted

production of hydrogen:

energy efficiency for the generation

of an energy carrier 313

20. Future trends and promising

applications of industrial

sonochemical processes 329

21. Raising challenges of ultrasound-assisted

processes and sonochemistry

in industrial applications based on

energy efficiency 349