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Ultrasonic Chemical Process Intensification

  • 1st Edition - January 22, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Xiaoping Lu, Desheng Ding, Ping Zhang, Haoli Zhou, Liqiu Yang
  • Language: English

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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Description

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. Users will find 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.

Key features

  • Covers 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
  • Introduces principles and processes of ultrasonic intensification, providing information on device requirements during the process of research and development
  • Includes a list of literature on acoustic principles and ultrasonic intensification for non-acoustic professionals

Readership

Scholars, engineers, students and technicians in chemical industry, resources, energy, materials, environmental protection, light industry, food and medicine

Table of contents

1. IntroductionThe role of ultrasonic chemistry process intensification
The development of ultrasonic chemistry process intensification
Application of ultrasonic chemistry process intensification
Prospects and challenges
References


2. Basic acoustics and ultrasonic transducer
Sound wave and sound field
Acoustic cavitation
Ultrasonic transducer and ultrasonic processing equipment
References


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
References


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
References


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
References


6. Applications of ultrasound to materials chemistry
Modification of materials for ultrasound
Ultrasound enhanced synthesis of nanomaterials
Ultrasonic intensification of polymer reaction process
References


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
References

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 30, 2026
  • Language: English

About the authors

XL

Xiaoping Lu

Professor Xiaoping Lu works at the School of Chemical Engineering at Nanjing Tech University and is a member of the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China and the Ultrasound Division of Acoustical Society of China. Dr. Lu earned his Ph.D. from Nanjing Tech University and has served there as a Doctoral Adviser. His studies involve a number of research projects on chemical engineering that focus on ultrasound chemical process intensification, publishing over 100 SCI and EI articles and granted with over 20 patents in China. Dr. Lu also cooperated with other research laboratories on subjects such as chemical engineering simulation, mass transfer, air-lift reactor, ultrasonic intensification, and other relevant researches regarding the related process engineering application, with institutes including the Chemical Engineering Institute of Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Toulouse Institute of Chemical Engineering (ENSIGC), and the National Chemical Engineering Laboratory from Toulouse (UMR CNRS 5503). Dr. Lu established the Institute of ultrasonic chemical engineering, specializing in the research and development of ultrasonic technology. The study of his institute covers the research projects that involve the development and operation of various ultrasonic intensified mass/heat transfer units, ultrasonic chemical and ultrasonic catalytic reactions, ultrasonic enzymatic reactions, ultrasound-driven crude oil cracking, ultrasonic (waste oil, scum, crude oil) demulsification, desalination, and dehydration, ultrasonic viscosity reduction, ultrasonic diesel micro-emulsification, ultrasound on refractory organic wastewater treatment and biological residual sludge reduction, ultrasonic sterilization with circulating water, ultrasonic biomolecule salting out, ultrasound-assisted cleaning and scale inhibition, and ultrasonic chemical reaction device. The research results from Dr. Lu have been used in industrial applications in the field of ultrasound.
Affiliations and expertise
College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Technical University, Nanjing, China

DD

Desheng Ding

Dr. Desheng Deng is currently a professor and doctoral supervisor in the School of Electronic Engineering, at Southeast University. He is the member of the Acoustical Society of China, vice chairman of the branch of physical acoustics and detection acoustics at this society, and an associate editor of electronic devices. His main research interests are in ultrasonics and nonlinear acoustics. He has completed a number of NSFC projects and published about 30 papers in the Journals, such as Journal of American acoustic society. He ever engaged in the research of temperature characteristics of SAW devices, ultrasonic transducers, nonlinear ultrasonic microscopy and so on. He won the second prize of Jiangsu Science and Technology Progress Award in 2002 and the second prize of Natural Science Award of Ministry of education in 2006.
Affiliations and expertise
School of Electronic Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

PZ

Ping Zhang

Ping Zhang is professor and the director of the Division of Technological Industry at Lianyungang Technical College. She is a member of the National Steering Committee of vocational College Education on Chemical Engineering of China and Graduate Advisor at Nanjing Tech University. In 2006, Dr. Zhang received her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Nanjing Tech University. From Apr 2012 to Apr 2013, she was a Visiting Scholar at University of Southampton. Dr. Zhang’s research interests focus on medical synthesis and sonochemistry application. She published over 20 articles on various scientific journals, including Chemical Engineering Journal and Ultrasonics. Dr. Zhang has successively been honored the titles of the Outstanding Educator of Jiangsu Province, the Academic Leader of the “Qing Lan Project”, and the Academic Leader of the “333 Project”.
Affiliations and expertise
Division of Technological Industry, Lian Yun Gang Technical College, Lian Yun Gang, China

HZ

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.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor and the deputy dean of the college of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, China

LY

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.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, China.

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