ACOUSTIC MANIPULATION OF PARTICLES IN STANDING WAVE FIELDS
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    发明申请
    ACOUSTIC MANIPULATION OF PARTICLES IN STANDING WAVE FIELDS 有权
    声波处理波形场中的颗粒

    公开(公告)号:US20160339360A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-24

    申请号:US15161108

    申请日:2016-05-20

    摘要: A method for separating a second fluid or a particulate from a host fluid is disclosed. The method includes flowing the mixture through an acoustophoretic device comprising an acoustic chamber, an ultrasonic transducer, and a reflector. The transducer includes a piezoelectric material driven by a voltage signal to create a multi-dimensional acoustic standing wave in the acoustic chamber. A voltage signal is sent to drive the ultrasonic transducer in a displacement profile that is a superposition of a combination of different mode shapes that are the same order of magnitude to create the multi-dimensional acoustic standing wave in the acoustic chamber such that the second fluid or particulate is continuously trapped in the standing wave, and then agglomerates, aggregates, clumps, or coalesces together, and subsequently rises or settles out of the host fluid due to buoyancy or gravity forces, and exits the acoustic chamber.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种从主流体分离第二流体或颗粒的方法。 该方法包括使混合物流过包括声学室,超声换能器和反射器的声学装置。 换能器包括由电压信号驱动以在声室中产生多维声驻波的压电材料。 发送电压信号以驱动超声波换能器的位移曲线,该位移曲线是相同数量级的不同模式形状的组合的叠加,以在声学室中产生多维声驻波使得第二流体 或颗粒物被连续地捕获在驻波中,然后聚集,聚集,团块或聚结在一起,并且随后由于浮力或重力而升高或沉降在主体流体中,并且离开声室。