Liu Xi, Li Yueling, Wang Jinhui, et al. Effect of Ultrasonic Field on Crystallization of Supercooling Aqueous Solution[J]. Journal of refrigeration, 2021, 42(5).
DOI:
Liu Xi, Li Yueling, Wang Jinhui, et al. Effect of Ultrasonic Field on Crystallization of Supercooling Aqueous Solution[J]. Journal of refrigeration, 2021, 42(5). DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4339.2021.05.118.
Effect of Ultrasonic Field on Crystallization of Supercooling Aqueous Solution
Dynamic ice-making technology using supercooling water is expected to realize large-scale applications. In industry
the ultrasonic field is often used to release the supercooling state of supercooling water and generate ice slurry. In this study
the effect of different ultrasonic fields on the supercooling characteristics of crystallization
the size of the ice crystals
and the particle size distribution of ice crystals of 3% sodium chloride solution
were studied experimentally. The results showed that the introduction of an ultrasonic field of a certain power and frequency can quickly release the supercooling state. It was also found that the solution nucleation temperature was close to the ultrasonic irradiation temperature
and the ultrasonic field with high power and low frequency was more conducive to nucleation. The power
frequency and irradiation temperature were varied from 10.0 W to 40.0 W
28 kHz to 40 kHz
and 0 ℃ to 4 ℃
respectively. The optimal ultrasonic field scheme was set as the power at 40.0 W
the frequency 28 kHz
and the irradiation temperature 2.0 ℃. An ultrasonic field can significantly reduce the crystal size. With the extension of the ultrasonic irradiation time after nucleation
the size of the ice crystals first increased and then leveled off. The changes in ultrasonic power and frequency had no obvious effect on the size of the ice crystals.