@article { ISI:000262781700012, title = {Ultrasound assisted synthesis of polyacrylic acid-nanoclay nanocomposite and its application in sonosorption studies of malachite green dye}, journal = {Ultrasonics Sonochemistry}, volume = {16}, number = {3}, year = {2009}, month = {MAR}, pages = {351-355}, publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV}, address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS}, abstract = {

Synthesis of nanoclay nanocomposite has been undertaken by using polyacryalic acid (PAA) in aqueous medium and ultrasound environment and its application in dye removal has been investigated. The synthesized product was characterized by using FTIR and XRD techniques. The sonosorption capacity of the product namely PAA-nanoclay composite was determined by choosing malachite green (MG) dye as a model pollutant. The effects of various parameters such as nanocomposite loading, pH, various process conditions etc. have been studied. On comparing the results obtained with that of nanoclay as an adsorbent, it was found for an initial concentration of 500 mg/l, the PAA-nanoclay nanocomposite exhibited higher percentage of pollutant removal (68\%) and for nanoclay it was 54\%. The adsorption data has been correlated using Langmuir and Freundlich models. The fit of the Freundlich isotherm model was found to be good in the entire range of concentration for the experimental sorption data obtained on the nanoclay nanocomposite. A plausible reaction mechanism for use of PAA-nanoclay nanocomposite as ail adsorbent is also proposed. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

}, keywords = {Malachite Green, Nanocomposite, Polyacrylic acid, Sonosorption, Ultrasound}, issn = {1350-4177}, doi = {10.1016/j.ultsonch.2008.10.008}, author = {Sonawane, S. H. and Chaudhari, P. L. and Ghodke, S. A. and Parande, M. G. and Bhandari, Vinay M. and Mishra, Satyendra and Kulkarni, R. D.} } @article { ISI:000349726500017, title = {Continuous precipitation of calcium carbonate using sonochemical reactor}, journal = {Ultrasonics Sonochemistry}, volume = {24}, year = {2015}, month = {MAY}, pages = {132-139}, publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV}, address = {PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS}, abstract = {

The continuous production of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) by precipitation method at room temperature was carried out in a stirred reactor under ultrasonic environment and was compared with the conventional stirring method. The effect of various operating parameters such as Ca(OH)(2) slurry concentration, CO2 flow rate and Ca(OH)(2) slurry flow rate on the particle size of CaCO3 was investigated. The calcium carbonate particles were characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), wide angle X-ray diffraction (WXRD) and particle size. The morphology was studied by using scanning electron microscopic (SEM) images. The particle size obtained in the presence of ultrasonic environment was found to be smaller as compared to conventional stirring method. The particle size is found to be reduced with an increase in the concentrations of Ca(OH)(2) and increased with increasing CO2 flow rate for both the methods. The slurry flow rate had a major effect on the particle size and the particle size decreased with increased slurry flow rate. Only calcite phase of CaCO3 was predominantly present as confirmed by the characterization techniques for both the preparation methods. In most of the cases rhombohedral calcite particles were observed. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

}, keywords = {Calcite, Crystal growth, Morphology, Nucleation, Particle size, Ultrasound}, issn = {1350-4177}, doi = {10.1016/j.ultsonch.2014.12.003}, author = {Shirsath, S. R. and Sonawane, S. H. and Saini, D. R. and Pandit, A. B.} } @article {43891, title = {Intensification of extraction of curcumin from Curcuma amada using ultrasound assisted approach: Effect of different operating parameters}, journal = {Ultrasonic Sonochemistry}, volume = {38}, year = {2017}, month = {SEP}, chapter = {437-445}, abstract = {

Curcumin, a dietary phytochemical, has been extracted from rhizomes of Curcuma amada using ultrasound assisted extraction (UAE) and the results compared with the conventional extraction approach to establish the process intensification benefits. The effect of operating parameters such as type of solvent, extraction time, extraction temperature, solid to solvent ratio, particle size and ultrasonic power on the extraction yield have been investigated in details for the approach UAE. The maximum extraction yield as 72\% was obtained in 1 h under optimized conditions of 35 degrees C temperature, solid to solvent ratio of 1:25, particle size of 0.09 mm, ultrasonic power of 250 W and ultrasound frequency of 22 kHz with ethanol as the solvent. The obtained yield was significantly higher as compared to the batch extraction where only about 62\% yield was achieved in 8 h of treatment. Peleg{\textquoteright}s model was used to describe the kinetics of UAE and the model showed a good agreement with the experimental results. Overall, ultrasound has been established to be a green process for extraction of curcumin with benefits of reduction in time as compared to batch extraction and the operating temperature as compared to Soxhlet extraction.

}, keywords = {Acrylamide, Cavitation, Curcumin Extraction, Design, Enhancement, Functionalized Silica, kinetics, Microwave, Nanoparticles, Natural-products, Optimization, Phenolic-compounds, Process Intensification, Solid-liquid Extraction, Ultrasound}, issn = {1350-4177}, doi = {10.1016/j.ultsonch.2017.03.040}, author = {Shirsath, S. R. and Sable, S. S. and Gaikwad, S. G. and Sonawane, S. H. and Saini, D. R. and Gogate, P. R.} }