Energy Aspects of Acoustic Cavitation and Sonochemistry: Fundamentals and Engineering covers topics ranging from fundamental modeling to up-scaled experiments. The book relates acoustic cavitation and its intrinsic energy balance to macroscopic physical and chemical events that are analyzed from an energetic perspective. Outcomes are directly projected into practical applications and technological assessments covering energy consumption, thermal dissipation, and energy efficiency of a diverse set of applications in mixed phase synthesis, environmental remediation and materials chemistry.
Special interest is dedicated to the sonochemical production of hydrogen and its energetic dimensions. Due to the sensitive energy balance that governs this process, this is seen as a "green process" for the production of future energy carriers.
- Provides a concise and detailed description of energy conversion and exchange within the single acoustic cavitation bubble and bubble population, accompanying physical and chemical effects
- Features a comprehensive approach that is supported by experiments and the modeling of energy concentration within the sonochemical reactor, jointly with energy dissipation and damping phenomenon
- Gives a clear definition of energy efficiency metrics of industrial sono-processes and their application to the main emergent industrial fields harnessing acoustic cavitation and sonochemistry, notably for the production of hydrogen
Oualid Hamdaoui is a full professor of chemical engineering at King Saud University, in Saudi Arabia. His main research interests are focused on sonochemistry, acoustic cavitation, advanced oxidation processes, separation processes, desalination, and water treatment. He has held several academic appointments as coordinator of Master and Doctorate programs in Chemical and Environmental Process Engineering. He has received many awards including the Thomson Reuters Award in Engineering, Scopus Award (Elsevier) in Chemical Engineering, Francophonie Award for young researchers, option Sciences and Medicine, ranked first on the list of suitable candidates to the title of full professor (technology section) of the twenty-sixth (26th) session of the National University Commission, Abdul-Hameed Shoman Award for Young Arab Researchers in Engineering Sciences, Jordan and the best scientific publication award of The National Agency for the Development of University Research.
Kaouther Kerboua is an Associate Professor at the National Higher School of Technology and Engineering, Algeria, where she is the head of L3M laboratory. She is also an associate Researcher at the National Research Center in Environment. Her research interests and activities are in the fields of acoustic cavitation, sonochemistry, advanced oxidation processes, water treatment, energy, green hydrogen, modelling and simulation. Her research track counts tens of Q1/Q2 research papers in reputable journals. She previously co-edited a book in the field entitled Energy Aspects of Acoustic Cavitation and Sonochemistry, Fundamentals and Engineering (Elsevier, 2022). Dr Kerboua is also a member of the editorial board of the Elsevier journal Ultrasonics and Sonochemistry and is currently leading and collaborating on several national and international projects with colleagues in Norway, Canada, and Germany.
