Disclosed is a method for preparing a stable fluid mixture by mixing hydrophilic and hydrophobic substances using ultrasound wherein homogeneous dispersion and mixing are possible so that dispersibility is greatly improved and separation between the hydrophilic and hydrophobic substances is minimized even after a long time.

The apparatus for dispersing and mixing fluids by focused ultrasound includes a fluid storage unit for storing a fluid mixture of at least two fluids comprising a hydrophilic substance and a hydrophobic substance, the fluid storage unit comprising a first connector and a second connector connected to a fluid flow path such that the fluid mixture moves through a fluid flow path providing a portion through which the fluid mixture moves, a fluid dispersion unit for focusing ultrasound to a portion of the fluid flow path to disperse fluids contained in the fluid mixture by ultrasound when the fluid mixture moves the portion, and a fluid circulation unit for circulating the fluid mixture such that a portion of the fluid mixture relatively insufficiently dispersed is moved through the first connector from the fluid storage unit to the fluid dispersion unit and the fluid mixture dispersed by the fluid dispersion unit is moved through the second connector to the fluid storage unit.

The present disclosure relates to a method of creating a propellant mixture. The method includes forming an explosive composition mixture, placing the explosive composition mixture into a mixing vessel assembly, and operating an acoustic mixing system at an operating frequency such that the acoustic mixing system causes a vertical displacement of the mixing vessel. The explosive composition mixture has an explosive material, and one or more additives. The mixing vessel assembly has a closed mixing zone having a maximum vertical height. The acoustic mixing system is operated in a manner such that the operating frequency is substantially similar to the resonant frequency and a ratio of the maximum vertical height of the closed mixing zone to the vertical displacement of the mixing vessel assembly is 2.0 or less.

A beverage nucleation device includes a housing, a beverage receiving area defined by the housing for receiving a beverage container containing a supercooled beverage, and a support configured to support the beverage container in an upright orientation in the beverage container receiving area. The beverage nucleation device may further include an applicator configured to contact a sidewall of the beverage container on the support, wherein the applicator includes an elastomeric material. An ultrasonic transducer of the beverage nucleation device is configured to generate and apply ultrasonic energy to the beverage container via the applicator so as to cause nucleation of the supercooled beverage.

A tiltable platform, a tiltable platform device having a base and a tiltable platform mounted to the base, as well as a method of configuring the tiltable platform. A control unit is configured to move the tiltable platform in a specified pattern as part of a process. The tiltable platform can include a structure at least partially defining multiple mounting locations located thereon. Each mounting location can define a position for placing a cartridge in a predetermined orientation with respect to movement of the tiltable platform. The structure can be configured for selective placement in any one of multiple positions, which can form mounting locations having differing sizes and/or differing orientations with respect to the base. The tiltable platform can include more than one tier of mounting locations, and each tier of mounting locations can have any of various orientations with respect to the adjacent tiers of mounting locations.

The present invention provides a chemical analyzer with highly reliable agitation performance, said chemical analyzer not only diagnosing the deterioration of a piezoelectric element, but also diagnosing the deformation and displacement of a reaction container and diagnosing the normality of the liquid quantity of a substance to be agitated in the reaction container. This chemical analyzer is characterized by comprising: an agitating mechanism that uses acoustic waves to agitate a sample and a reagent within a reaction container, generates acoustic waves using a piezoelectric element, and has an acoustic wave sensor for detecting the acoustic waves; and a controller that controls the agitating mechanism. Said chemical analyzer is further characterized in that the controller has: an acoustic wave detection unit that processes a detection signal detected by the acoustic wave sensor; a normality information memory in which normal-time information is stored; a signal intensity determination unit that compares the acoustic wave amplitude and acoustic wave frequency transmitted from the acoustic wave detection unit with the acoustic wave amplitude and acoustic wave frequency stored in the normality information memory; and a repeat period determination unit that compares the acoustic wave period characteristic transmitted from the acoustic wave detection unit with the acoustic wave period characteristic stored in the normality information memory.

A highly stable cannabinoid nanoparticle carrier composition for administration to a human made by incorporating non-ionic surfactants with cannabinoid oils and lipids, sonicating for a predetermined period of time at a predetermined amplification with an ultrasonic liquid processor until completely integrated; combining the mixture with a carrier fluid that includes ascorbic acid and distilled water; and further sonicating the mixture using an ultrasonic liquid processor at predetermined amplitude for a predetermined period of time at a controlled temperature, and thereby to create a CBD nanoemulsion. The composition is tailored using non-ionic surfactants to adsorb to the surface of the cannabinoid oil particles to advantageously affect electrokinetics and surface forces at the interface of the bioactive cannabinoid particles and the suspending liquid are controlled by tailoring the suspending liquid to maximize the zeta potential.

A method for improving stability and/or absorption of one or more biologically active agents including preparing formulations wherein a biologically active agent is dispersed using a homogenizer and/or a nanofluidizer; and optionally: i) enriching the formulation; and/or ii) delivering the formulations to a subject whereby the biologically active agent is absorbed by said subject, and/or iii) testing the formulation to identify suitable dosing ranges using computational modeling of biomolecular pathways to determine at least one feature selected from absorption in a cell, saturation of a cell, and potential toxicity in a cell, and/or iv) testing the formulation by monitoring with a low impact, minimally intrusive heart rate variability monitoring to enable rapid determination of neurological and physiological effects of a dosage, establishing dosing levels of the biologically active agent, and/or v) defining the corresponding metabolic effects of the dosage of the biologically active agent on the subject.

An atomization circuit module includes a voltage stabilization module and a microcontroller module, an input terminal of the voltage stabilization module is connected to a power supply, an output terminal of the voltage stabilization module is connected to the microcontroller module, and the microcontroller module outputs pulse width modulation (PWM) signals with variable duty factors to control an atomization sheet to oscillate at a resonant frequency. An atomizer head includes the atomization circuit module, the atomization sheet, and a housing of the atomizer head, the atomization circuit module is electrically connected to the atomization sheet and the housing of the atomizer head, and the atomization circuit module and the atomization sheet are both disposed in the housing of the atomizer head.

The present disclosure provides an apparatus for manufacturing an electrode composite material. The apparatus may include a storage tank configured to contain a powder, a mixer connected to the storage tank by a transfer pipe, the mixer being configured to mix the powder therein, and one or more ultrasonic generators configured to transmit ultrasonic vibrations to the storage tank.

A process for preparing a hop extract emulsion, at least comprising the steps of: Providing a hop extract, mixing the hop extract with water, wherein the mass ratio of water to hop extract is from 40:60 to 95:5 (water:hop extract), and homogenizing the resulting mixture using ultrasound, resulting in the hop extract emulsion; and the hop extract emulsion prepared according to the invention, beverages and foodstuffs prepared thereby, and corresponding uses.