Ultrasonic microbubble generation method, apparatus and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11344824-B2
Application number	US-201916546588-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2019
Priority date	Sep 5, 2018
Publication date	May 31, 2022
Grant date	May 31, 2022

Abstract

The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an ultrasonic microbubble generation method, apparatus and system. The apparatus comprises a horn-shaped conductor including an upper horn-shaped body and a lower cylindrical body; the horn-shaped body is provided with a cavity having an upper opening, an upper end of the cavity is fixedly connected with a micropore vibration thin sheet, a micropore array of the micropore vibration thin sheet is corresponding to the upper opening of the cavity, and a side wall of the cavity is provided with a through hole for external gas to enter the cavity; the cylindrical body is provided with a transducing ring and an electrode sheet, an outer side of the cylindrical body is insulated and sealed, and a connection wire of the electrode sheet is led out by a steel pipe and connected with an external ultrasonic oscillation controller.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus, comprising:
a horn-shaped conductor including an upper horn-shaped body and a lower cylindrical body,
the horn-shaped body is provided with a cavity having an upper opening, an upper end of the cavity is fixedly connected with a micropore vibration thin sheet, a micropore array of the micropore vibration thin sheet is corresponding to the upper opening of the cavity, and a side wall of the cavity is provided with a through hole for external gas to enter the cavity,
the cylindrical body is provided with a transducing ring and an electrode sheet, an outer side of the cylindrical body is insulated and sealed, and a connection wire of the electrode sheet is led out by a steel pipe and connected with an external ultrasonic oscillation controller,
wherein, the transducing ring and the electrode sheet are fixed on the cylindrical body under the horn-shaped body, and vibration energy of the transducing ring is transmitted to the micropore vibration thin sheet above the horn-shaped body through the horn-shaped structure.

2. The ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the cavity is further provided therein with a blocking cover sheet having a size larger than or equal to that of the upper opening of the cavity.

3. The ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein one end of the blocking cover sheet and an inner wall of the cavity are connected by a hinge.

4. The ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein sealing rings are further provided on the inner walls of both sides of the cavity near the upper opening, to improve a sealing performance of the blocking cover sheet to the upper opening.

5. The ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the horn-shaped body is of an integrally formed structure.

6. The ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the horn-shaped body comprises an upper end cover, which is a hollow annular structure, and the micropore vibration thin sheet is fixedly connected with an upper end of the upper end cover.

7. The ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transducing ring has a thickness range from 3 mm to 8 mm.

8. The ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the horn-shaped body is provided therein with a pipeline communicated with the through hole on the cavity to delivery external gas into the cavity.

9. The ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the pipeline is symmetrically provided on two sides of the horn-shaped body.

10. An ultrasonic microbubble generation method based on the ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising:
delivering gas with a preset pressure into a cavity of the ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus, the gas in the cavity passing through a micropore array of a micropore vibration thin sheet under an action of the pressure to form bubbles;
connecting an electrode sheet of the ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus with an ultrasonic oscillation controller through a connection wire led out by a steel pipe, to control oscillation of a transducing ring of the ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus; and
driving, by the oscillation of the transducing ring, the micropore vibration thin sheet of the ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus to oscillate, to scatter bubbles passing through the micropore vibration thin sheet to obtain micron-sized bubbles.

11. An ultrasonic microbubble generation system, comprising the ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus according to claim 1 , an autoclave, an ultrasonic oscillation controller, a piston container, a first water injection pump, and a second water injection pump,
the first water injection pump is connected with the autoclave to fully inject water into the autoclave,
the ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus is provided in the autoclave,
the ultrasonic oscillation controller is connected with an electrode sheet of the ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus through a connection wire, to control an oscillation of a transducing ring,
the second water injection pump is connected with the piston container to inject water thereinto, and
gas with a certain pressure is preset in the piston container, the piston container inject the gas with a preset pressure into the cavity of the ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus through a gas delivery pipe, under a water injection pressure of the second water injection pump.

12. The ultrasonic microbubble generation system according to claim 11 , further comprising a gas pressure control valve provided on the gas delivery pipe to control a pressure of the gas delivered into the ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus.

13. An ultrasonic microbubble generation method based on the ultrasonic microbubble generation system according to claim 11 , comprising:
providing a ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus in an autoclave, sealing the autoclave, and fully injecting water into the autoclave by a first water injection pump;
presetting gas with a certain pressure in a piston container, injecting water into the piston container by a second water injection pump, injecting gas with a preset pressure into a cavity of the ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus by the piston container through a gas delivery pipe under a water injection pressure of the second water injection pump, and enabling the gas in the cavity to pass through a micropore vibration thin sheet of the ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus under an action of pressure to form bubbles in water in the autoclave;
controlling, by an ultrasonic oscillation controller, an oscillation of the ultrasonic microbubble generation apparatus through a connection wire, to scatter bubbles passing through the micropore vibration thin sheet to form micron-sized bubbles in water in the autoclave.

Assignees

• Petrochina Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Xinglong
• Yu Hongwei
• Li Shi
• Han Haishui
• Ji Zemin

Classifications

• E21B43/20 Primary

  Displacing by water · CPC title

• B01F31/89

  Methodical aspects; Controlling · CPC title

• B01F31/85 Primary

  with a vibrating element inside the receptacle · CPC title

• B06B1/0651

  of circular shape · CPC title

• B01F23/238

  using vibrations, electrical or magnetic energy, radiations · CPC title