The potential use of high-intensity ultrasound fields in gaseous atmosphere to disperse agglomerated particles is studied.
Trajectories of levitating agglomerates are derived and the motion behavior is characterized.
Breakage probabilities are derived depending on the mass specific breakage energy of individual agglomerates.
Relevant parameters for particle adhesion were varied in order to investigate their effect on the breakage probability.
Results are compared to analytical equations for acoustic radiation pressure and adhesion forces.