Abstract
One of the most attractive sources of raw materials for biofuel production can be algae oil processing into biofuels. In this paper, the authors are proposing a unique ultrasonic piezoelectric system, which would allow the reduction of internal energy losses and concentration of ultrasonic energy into a small closed volume. The current vibrating systems whose ultrasonic energy is concentrated inside of a hollow cylinder where the water–algae mixture is flowing. The ultrasonic energy is concentrated in a local volume to create a high-power bubble implosion process. Two, three or multiple ultrasonic composite systems to concentrate the total energy into a hollow cylinder in order to create a strong algae cell ultrasonication are used. The experiments and the numerical finite element method (FEM) analysis results using the proposed transducers as well as the biological test results on algae cell disruption by ultra-sonication are presented in this paper.
Funding statement: Funding: The work was supported by the Lithuanian Science Council project (No. MIP-018/2014).
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