1st Edition

Micro- and Nanobubbles Fundamentals and Applications

Edited By Hideki Tsuge Copyright 2014
    376 Pages 18 Color & 193 B/W Illustrations
    by Jenny Stanford Publishing

    Microbubbles and nanobubbles have several characteristics that are comparable with millimeter- and centimeter-sized bubbles. These characteristics are their small size, which results in large surface area and high bioactivity, low rising velocity, decreased friction drag, high internal pressure, large gas dissolution capacity, negatively charged surface, and ability to be crushed and form free radicals. Microbubbles and nanobubbles have found applications in a variety of fields such as engineering, agriculture, environment, food, and medicine. Microbubbles have been successfully used in aquacultures of oysters in Hiroshima, scallops in Hokkaido, and pearls in Mie Prefecture, Japan. This field has shown a strong potential for growth. This book comprehensively discusses microbubbles and nanobubbles and their application in aquaculture, environment, engineering, medicine, stock raising, agriculture, and marine industry. It presents their potential as a new technology that can be utilized globally.

    Contents
    Preface Tsuge

    PART 1 Fundamentals
    Characteristics of microbubbles Tsuge
    Formation and analysis of microbubbles

    Generals Tsuge
    New type of microbubble generator by two-phase flow method Matsumoto
    Measurement and analysis
    Sonochemistry : Influence of acoustic flow and mechanical flow on the sonochemical efficiency Kojima and Koda

    Part Two Application of Microbubbles
    Environmental field
    Applications of microbubbles in the field of water and wastewater treatment Li and Takahashi
    Purification of water quality Michioku
    Applicability of soil improvement using microbubbles water against soil liquefaction Nagao, Suemasa and Akashi
    Industrial field
    Environmentally friendly cleaning technology using microbubbles Miyamoto
    Characteristics of gas oil containing micro and nano air –bubbles Nakatake, Watanabe and Eguchi
    Suppression technique for aggregation of nano-meter sized diamond particles using acoustic cavitation bubbles Takeuchi
    Engineering field
    Introduction Yasuda and Bando
    Development of antisolvent and reactive crystallization technique Onoe and matsumoto
    Preparation of hollow microcapsules Makuta,Daiguji and Takemura
    Food field Quingi, Nakamura and Shiina
    Agricultural・Marine・Stock-Raising field
    Sterilization of hydroponics solution and removal of pesticide in vegetables Tamaki
    Application of a microbubble generator to aquaculture farming Tsutsumi, Srithongouthai ,Hama, Takase and Nishi
    In the aim of creating a food vally―Proposal on new micro‐ and nanobubble technologies Nashiki
    Medical field
    Medical applications of microbubbles Umemura
    Contrast–enhanced ultrasound using microbubble contrast agent Moriyasu
    Fluid dynamics field ―Drag reduction of ships Kodama and Hinatsu

    PART 3 Application of Nanobubbles
    Introduction
    Takahashi
    Medical field
    Medical application of nanobubble water Mano Mano
    Anti-atherogenic action of oxygen nanobubbles in vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells Hojo
    Clinical application of ozone nanobubble water to periodontal treatment Arakawa, Hayakumo, Mano and Izumi
    Index


    Biography

    Hideki Tsuge is professor emeritus of chemical engineering at Keio University, Japan. He received his doctorate in engineering from Keio University in 1973. In 1984, he was visiting professor at Technische Universität Berlin, West Germany. From 1988 to 2007, he was professor in chemical engineering at Keio University, from where he retired in 2007. In 2007, he received the award for outstanding research achievement on bubble characteristics and their engineering applications from the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan, and the award for outstanding research achievement on the reactive crystallization of dissolved salts in sea water from the Society of Sea Water Science, Japan. Dr. Tsuge has published more than 80 articles in international journals and authored and edited 23 books.

    "This book presents an astonishing variety of micro- and nanobubble applications in various fields from a praxis-oriented viewpoint. Such information is usually still missing in textbooks and therefore may surprise many readers. The text is very interesting and inspiring." 

    Prof. Adrian Schumpe, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany

    "Beginning with an overview of the most important hydrodynamics of microbubble formation and dispersion and leading over to state-of-the-art microbubble generators, this book presents an excellent introduction to the topic of modern micro-droplet generation and explains the most common simulation and measurement techniques. Enriched with a large number of academic, environmental, and economic case examples, it highlights the importance of micro-droplet generation and emulsification for modern society."

    Prof. Norbert Räbiger, University of Bremen, Germany