Theory of Cavitation and Design Aspects of Cavitational Reactors

Abstract

Cavitation is a phenomenon by which large magnitude of energy is dissipated locally due to the violent collapse of the cavities creating effects suitable for intensification of chemical and physical processing applications. The current chapter focuses on the basic aspects related to generation of cavitation in different reactors and explains the mechanistic details by which the cavitational effects bring about desired physicochemical transformations. Design aspects related to understanding of the cavitational activity distribution using experimental and theoretical investigations, optimization of equipment operating parameters such as frequency and intensity of ultrasonic irradiation, geomet..