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sonix™.
sonix™ is the trade name for a patented technology that uses ultrasound energy in fluids. Ultrasound is sound energy at frequencies above 20kHz. Conventional block horns do not easily lend themselves to fluidsonics except in cleaning bath and low power systems. Conventional systems are also generally for intermittent usage at powers of only a few watts. Conversely sonix™ is high-powered ultrasound using transducers rated for continuous duty at 3 kW and above.
The key development in sonix™ is the focusing of the ultrasound by means of a radial horn or Sonotrode. The intense energy focused by the horn is sufficient to cause significant cavitation within the fluid. This cavitation generates extremely high temperatures and pressures of many thousands of degrees and atmospheres at the foci of the collapsing bubbles. As the energy is so intensely focused retention times within the reactor can be reduced to 1-2 seconds, unachievable with systems using the more conventional block horns. The effect of this is that sonix™power requirements of 4-5kJ/l. are up to an order of magnitude lower than competing systems.
There are sonix™ reference plants worldwide including, NewZealand, Singapore, Australia. USA, Japan, Spain and the UK.
