The Effect of Fabric Position to the Distribution of Acoustic Pressure Field in Ultrasonic Bath

17th World Textile Conference AUTEX 2017 - Shaping the Future of Textiles

Gürses, B.O.^1 ; Özdemir, A.O.^1 ; Tonay, Ö.^1 ; Sener, M.^1 ; Perinçek, S.^2

Ege University, Engineering Faculty, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Izmir, Turkey^1

Ege University, Emel Akin Vocational High School, Izmir, Turkey^2

关键词: Acoustic cavitations;    Acoustic pressure field;    Cavitation thresholds;    Design parameters;    Performance characteristics;    Textile materials;    Textile treatment;    Textile wet process;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/254/16/162004/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/254/16/162004

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Nowadays, the use of ultrasonic energy in textile wet processes at industrial-scale is limited. It is largely due to the lack of understanding about design, operational and performance characteristics of the ultrasonic bath, suitable for textile treatments. In the context of this study, the effect of fabric position, as one of the design parameter, to the distribution of acoustic pressure field in ultrasonic bath was investigated. The ultrasonic bath in the size 20×30 cm2with one transducer at frequency 40 kHz was used in experiments. The cotton fabric with 1 mm thickness was moved along vertical and horizontal directions of the ultrasonic bath. The acoustic field and cavitation volume density in the bath is analyzed by COMSOL Multiphysic. The cavitation volume density is calculated by comparing the pressure points in the bath with cavitation threshold pressure. Consequently, it was found that the position of the textile material in the ultrasonic bath is one of the most important factors to achieve the uniform and maximum acoustic cavitation field. So, it should be taken into consideration during the design of industrial-scale ultrasonic bath used in textile wet processes.