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Start date: 2020 × Author: Ashokkumar, Muthupandian × Author: Martin, Gregory × Author: Scales, Peter × End date: 2022 × Type: Journal Article ×

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    Ultrasound-Assisted Extracellular Polymeric Substance Removal from the Diatom Navicula sp.: A Route to Functional Polysaccharides and More Efficient Algal Biorefineries
    Yatipanthalawa, BS ; Ashokkumar, M ; Scales, PJ ; Martin, GJO (AMER CHEMICAL SOC, 2022-02-07)
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    Effect of Bulk Viscosity and Emulsion Droplet Size on the Separation Efficiency of Model Mineral Oil-in-Water (O/W) Emulsions under Ultrasonic Standing Wave Fields: A Theoretical and Experimental Investigation
    Mettu, S ; Yao, S ; Sun, Q ; Lawson, SR ; Scales, PJ ; Martin, GJO ; Ashokkumar, M (American Chemical Society (ACS), 2020-04-22)
    Ultrasound standing waves can be used to separate emulsions. So far, they have been applied to oil-in-water emulsions with low continuous phase viscosity. This technique has the potential to be used for novel applications such as separating lipids from algal biomass; however, this requires the methodology to be optimized to process viscous emulsions. We have addressed this issue by studying the effects of bulk phase viscosity (1–23 mPa·s), emulsion droplet size (4.5–20 μm), power (10–54 W/L), and frequency (1 and 2 MHz) of ultrasound on the separation efficiency of model mineral oil-in-water–glycerol-mixture emulsions. For the small droplet size (4.5 μm) emulsion in water, the maximum separation achieved increased from 36 to 79% when ultrasound power increased from 10 to 54 W/L. However, for the large droplet size (11 μm) emulsion, the maximum separation was greater than 95% and was independent of ultrasound power. The maximum separation efficiency for small droplet size (4.5–6 μm) emulsions decreased from 80 to 14% when the viscosity increased from 1 to 23 mPa·s. However, for the large droplet size (11–20 μm) emulsion, the maximum separation efficiency decreased from 98 to 62% when the viscosity of the bulk phase was increased from 1 to 23 mPa·s. The experimental results were then interpreted using analytical and numerical simulations by calculating the time required for the emulsion droplets to migrate to the nearest pressure antinodal plane under the influence of ultrasound standing waves. Further experiments showed that increasing the ultrasound frequency from 1 to 2 MHz increased the maximum separation from 36 to 86% for fine emulsions and water as the continuous phase.