Abstract:

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between the characteristics of particles and ultrasonic impedance spectra. Although the ultrasonic attenuation and velocity spectra methods are becoming the sophisticated technology for particle size characterization, they are not available in some actual projects, either because the particulate matters to be investigated are too dense or because there are some bubbles inside. However, ultrasonic impedance spectra technology emerges as a potential technique to provide a non-destructively detecting way in the aforementioned occasions. By modifying the ultrasonic attenuation spectral model, the theories related the ultrasonic impedance spectra to particle concentration and size are established to implement quite a few numerical simulations, showing that the acoustic impedances of particles is sensitive to the changes in particle concentration and size. After that, three kinds of polystyrene suspensions with different volume median diameters (7.69 mm, 21.58 mm and 66.64 mm) are investigated experimentally using the transducers with center frequencies varied from 10 MHz to 100 MHz. The results are quantitatively validated by the theory whereby a conclusion can be yielded that it is possible to distinguish the particles with different sizes by using ultrasonic impedance spectra. The comparison of the inversion results and image analysis indicates that the impedance technique is available to particle size characterization.

Key words: ultrasonic impedance spectra, polystyrene suspensions, particle size distribution, concentration, measurement, numerical simulation, inversion

摘要：

研究超声反射波谱与颗粒粒径及浓度之间的关系并发展一种基于超声波阻抗谱的颗粒粒径表征方法。对超声波波动理论模型适当变形,建立超声阻抗谱与颗粒粒径及浓度之间的关系;进一步通过数值模拟分析超声阻抗谱对颗粒浓度及粒径变化的敏感性;实验中使用中心频率10~100MHz超声波换能器,利用自发自收模式对超声波在缓冲层与介质界面上的反射波信号进行测量并分析,对体积中位径分别为7.69、21.58、66.64mm的聚苯乙烯悬浮液进行实验,获得阻抗谱并与数值模拟结果对比,根据实验阻抗谱进行数据反演获得样品颗粒粒度分布,并与图像分析结果进行了对比,结果显示,本方法可有效分辨3种颗粒样品的粒径。

关键词: 超声阻抗谱, 聚苯乙烯悬浮液, 粒度分布, 浓度, 测量, 数值模拟, 反演