title: Design parameter investigation of industrial size ultrasound textile treatment bath.
abstract: Design requirements for industrial size ultrasound bath for textile treatments have been determined. For this purpose, effects of sound pressure level, bath temperature, bath volume, textile material type and hydrophility degree of fabric were examined extensively. Finite element analysis (FEA) was used to investigate spacing and alignment of the ultrasound source transducers to reach effective and homogenous acoustic pressure distribution in the bath. It was found that textile material type, bath temperature and volume led to significant changes at sound pressure level. These parameters should be taken into consideration in designing of industrial size ultrasound bath for textile treatments. Besides, wettability of textiles is highly dependent to the distance from the transducers.
authors.affiliation: Emel Akin, Vocational High School, Izmir, Turkey. seherdereli@gmail.com
authors.forename: Seher
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Perincek
authors.forename: A Erman
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Uzgur
authors.forename: Kerim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Duran
authors.forename: Aydin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dogan
authors.forename: Aysegul E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Korlu
authors.forename: Ibrahim M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Bahtiyari