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Turbine engine noise suppression apparatus and methods

US4747467A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 1, 1986
Grant dateMay 31, 1988
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Expiry dateApr 1, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01N2490/155
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A compact turbine engine exhaust gas noise suppressor has a housing having a first chamber, a second chamber having an outlet and communicating with the first chamber through a transfer passage, and a third chamber communicating with the first chamber through a perforated dividing wall and having a resonant sound attenuator positioned therein. A sound absorbing member is positioned in the second chamber to create therein a serpentine flow path extending between the transfer passage and the outlet. The exhaust gas noise is attenuated by flowing the exhaust gas into the first chamber through a duct into which ambient cooling air is educted, and then forcing the exhaust gas outwardly through the serpentine flow path.

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