Energy Aspects of Acoustic Cavitation and Sonochemistry

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.

• Part IThe single acoustic cavitationbubble as an energetic system:qualitative and quantitativeassessments 11. Single acoustic cavitation bubble andenergy concentration concept 32. The energy forms and energyconversion 233. Physical effects and associatedenergy release 354. Sonochemical reactions, when, whereand how: Modelling approach 495. Sonochemical reactions, when, whereand how: Experimental approach 77Part IIThe bubble population:an analytic view into mutualforces and allied energy exchange 976. The Bjerknes forces and acousticradiation energy 997. Nonlinear oscillations and resonancesof the acoustic bubble and themechanisms of energy dissipation 1098. Damping mechanisms of oscillatinggas/vapor bubbles in liquids 131Part IIIUltrasound assisted processes,sonochemical reactors andenergy efficiency 15510. Efficiency assessment and mappingof cavitational activities insonochemical reactors 15711. Sources of dissipation: An outlook intothe effects of operational conditions 18312. Mechanistic issues of energyefficiency of an ultrasonic process:Role of free and dissolved gas 19313. Simulation of sonoreators accountingfor dissipated power 21914. Technological designs and energyefficiency: The optimal paths 249Part IVGreen, sustainable and benignby design process? The placeand perspective of ultrasoundassisted processes andsonochemistry in industrialapplications based on energyefficiency 26315. Acoustic cavitation and sonochemistryin industry: State of the art 26516. Crystallization of pharmaceuticalcompounds: Process Intensificationusing ultrasonic irradiations -Experimental approach 27917. Sonochemical degradation offluoroquinolone and β-lactamantibiotics – A view ontransformations, degradationefficiency, and consumed energy 28718. The use of ultrasonic treatment intechnological processes of complexprocessing of industrial waste:Energetic insights 29919. The sonochemical and ultrasoundassistedproduction of hydrogen:energy efficiency for the generationof an energy carrier 31320. Future trends and promisingapplications of industrialsonochemical processes 32921. Raising challenges of ultrasound-assistedprocesses and sonochemistryin industrial applications based onenergy efficiency 349