
Ultrasonic Chemical Process Intensification
- 1st Edition - January 1, 2026
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Xiaoping Lu, Desheng Ding, Ping Zhang, Haoli Zhou, Liqiu Yang
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 6 9 2 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 8 6 9 3 - 6
Ultrasonic Chemical Process Intensification focuses on acoustic foundations and ultrasound cavitation. The book describes the theory and methodologies of ultrasonic enhanced… Read more
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Ultrasonic Chemical Process Intensification focuses on acoustic foundations and ultrasound cavitation. The book describes the theory and methodologies of ultrasonic enhanced chemical reaction, mass and heat transfer process, mechanical separation, pulverization process and other unit operation processes. It introduces various sonochemical reactors and industrial ultrasonic processing equipment and devices, as well as the application and progress of ultrasonic enhanced chemical reaction process, electrochemistry, materials chemistry and process industries. Finally, the book specifies the main problems and challenges and provides suggestions and prospects for future development of ultrasonic chemical process intensification.
- Introduces basic theories of ultrasonic intensify chemical processes and unit operation, including ultrasonic transmission and chemical reaction processes
- Provides possible research application scopes, processes, and comments of ultrasonic intensification process technology, to assist researchers and engineers developing new applications in the process industry
- Introduces principles and processes of ultrasonic intensification, providing information on device requirements during process of research and development
- Provides a list of literature on acoustic principles and ultrasonic intensification for non-acoustic professionals
Scholars, engineers, students and technicians in chemical industry, resources, energy, materials, environmental protection, light industry, food and medicine
The development of ultrasonic chemistry process intensification
Application of ultrasonic chemistry process intensification
Prospects and challenges
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2. Basic acoustics and ultrasonic transducer
Sound wave and sound field
Acoustic cavitation
Ultrasonic transducer and ultrasonic processing equipment
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3. Ultrasound Intensification of chemical reaction
Mechanism and kinetics of ultrasonic intensification
Ultrasound intensification of organic synthesis
Ultrasound intensification of electrochemical reaction
Sonochemical Reactor Designs
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4. Intensification of Ultrasonic Mass and Heat Transfer Process
Introduction of the principle
Intensification of ultrasonic emulsification/demulsification process
Intensification of ultrasonic extraction and leaching process
Intensification of ultrasonic adsorption / desorption process
Enhancement of ultrasonic crystallization process
Intensification of ultrasonic heat transfer process
Process intensification of ultrasonic evaporation and refrigeration
Ultrasonic drying and dehydration process intensification
Ultrasonic distillation and absorption process intensification
Intensification of ultrasonic solubilization process
Intensification of ultrasonic oil viscosity reduction process
Ultrasonic atomization, dispersion, coagulation and suspension process intensification
Intensification of ultrasonic degassing process
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5. Ultrasonic mechanical separation and comminution process Intensification
Ultrasonic flotation
Ultrasonic cleaning and ultrasonic cleaning and descaling
Ultrasonic filtration, membrane separation and screening
Ultrasonic pulverizing technology
Ultrasonic dust removal technology
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6. Applications of ultrasound to materials chemistry
Modification of materials for ultrasound
Ultrasound enhanced synthesis of nanomaterials
Ultrasonic intensification of polymer reaction process
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7. Industrial application of ultrasonic chemical process intensification
Enhancement of ultrasonic oil recovery process
Enhancement of ultrasonic degradation of wastewater
Enhancement of ultrasonic biological sludge reduction process
Ultrasonic light industry process intensification
Ultrasonic food industrial process enhancement
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- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 2026
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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Xiaoping Lu
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Desheng Ding
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Ping Zhang
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Haoli Zhou
Dr. Haoli Zhou is a professor and the deputy dean of the college of Chemical Engineering at Nanjing Tech University in China. He received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2011. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Waterloo from 2011-2012 and Swansea University from 2019-2020, and was selected as Young Academic Leader of the Jiangsu Qinglan Project in 2023. His current research focuses on developing polymer membrane materials and membrane processes. He has published more than 40 journal publications in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed, J. Hazard. Mater., Chem. Eng. J. et al., and has been granted over 20 Chinese patents.
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Liqiu Yang
Liqiu Yang is an Assistant Professor at Nanjing Tech University. She earned her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines in 2017 and then worked at the school as a postdoctoral researcher for three years. Her research interests focus primarily on catalysis and membrane separation. To date, she has published over ten papers in international journals, including ACS Catalysis and the Journal of Membrane Science, as well as a chapter in the 2019 Elsevier book Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for Environmental Applications.