Extreme Acoustic Cavitation™

Impulse is the world leader in Extreme Acoustic Cavitation™—acoustic cavitation (the use of acoustic fields to drive oscillating vapor bubbles within liquid media) under extremely high static pressures. Ordinary forms of acoustic cavitation typically are operating under static pressures of only one to three atmospheres.

During even ordinary acoustic cavitation, bubbles—or cavities—can grow rapidly and then collapse violently into very small, high-energy-density regions characterized by high temperatures, intense shock waves, and a flash of light visible to the naked eye. During Extreme Acoustic Cavitation™, the temperatures and shock wave strength achieved are exponentially greater. These extreme, more intense conditions produce a source of transformative power with potential applications in a wide variety of fields, including energy, health, the environment, manufacturing, and national security.

Impulse is uniquely qualified to exploit the potential of Extreme Acoustic Cavitation™. The company’s proprietary low-power-input (50-400W) spherical resonator systems are capable of consistently producing acoustic cavitation under unmatched extremes of static pressure that are hundreds of times greater than currently in use elsewhere. Within these vessels, the conditions at the super-concentrated core of the collapsed bubbles far surpass those on the surface of the sun.