Patent ID: 6361747
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: B01J,B06B

Abstract:
An acoustic cavitation reactor, comprising:a tube made of flexible material, the tube having an outer wall, and inner wall defining a conduit, and opposite ends provided respectively with inlet and outlet openings communicating with the conduit; electroacoustic transducers radially and uniformly distributed around the tube and extending over a length of the tube in parallel with a longitudinal central axis of the tube, each electroacoustic transducer being in a prismatic bar shape having a base of specific width and a head narrower than the base, each electroacoustic transducer including an electroacoustic motor mounted at the base such that vibrations generated by the electroacoustic motor are amplified at the head by the shape of the electroacoustic transducer; and films of lubricant between the heads of the electroacoustic transducers and the tube, to produce an acoustic coupling of the electroacoustic transducers with the tube.