STUDY IN THE FIELD OF FLUID CONTAMINATION AND THE FEASIBILITY OF EMPLOYING A SONIC METHOD FOR THE REMOVAL OF FOREIGN MATERIALS

Abstract

Application of sonic energy to facilitate separation of a solid dispersion in a hydraulic fluid is a possible solution to the contaminant removal problem. However, further mixing of the solid dispersion and the hydraulic fluid can occur if cavitation is present. The correct frequency and sound intensity must be chosen so that a maximum number of collisions of the dispersed particles will take place in any time interval. This enables the dispersed particles to agglomerate at a rate which is related to the number of collisions per unit time. Therefore, careful control of the frequency and sound intensity is necessary. The energy needed to generate the sound wave can be electrical, mechanical, kinetic energy of the fluid, or vibratory energy from some external source tuned to a particular frequency provided the resulting intensity is correct and remains constant. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1959
Accession Number
AD0290612

Entities

People

  • A.g. Comer
  • Joel Gilbert
  • O.l. Burchett

Organizations

  • Oklahoma State University–Stillwater

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Collisions
  • Contamination
  • Dispersions
  • Energy
  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Fluids
  • Frequency
  • Hydraulic Fluids
  • Intensity
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Particles
  • Sound Waves
  • Time Intervals

Readers

  • Acoustics.
  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Fluid Dynamics.