Abstract: An improved silencer panel construction for use in the exhaust gas stream of power generation equipment is described. The silencer panel has an outer periphery of U-shaped channel. Perforated webbing is attached within the outer periphery to strengthen the outer periphery and reduce thermal gradients building up within the web during operation. Acoustical insulation is provided within the silencer panel and held in place by screening as well as perforated cladding. A plurality of silencer panels are spaced apart within the silencer chamber to attenuate the noise produced by the exhaust gas stream.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 11, 1997
Date of Patent:
May 2, 2000
Assignee:
Braden Manufacturing
Inventors:
Gene F. Schockemoehl, Leland Matt Farabee, Thomas Richard Mills, David W. Daniels
Abstract: An improved silencer panel construction for use in the exhaust gas stream of power generation equipment is described. The silencer panel has an outer periphery of U-shaped channel. Perforated webbing is attached within the outer periphery to strengthen the outer periphery and reduce thermal gradients building up within the web during operation. Acoustical insulation is provided within the silencer panel and held in place by screening as well as perforated cladding. A plurality of silencer panels are spaced apart within the silencer chamber to attenuate the noise produced by the exhaust gas stream.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 1, 1996
Date of Patent:
February 10, 1998
Assignee:
Braden Manufacturing
Inventors:
Gene F. Schockemoehl, Leland Matt Farabee, Thomas Richard Mills, David W. Daniels
Abstract: An exhaust gas diffuser interface includes a stainless steel shell with varying levels of insulation. The varying levels of insulation concentrate thermal expansion and contraction at the turbine outlet end allowing it to be connected to the outlet by way of a seal weld. This construction allows expansion and contraction of the diffuser interface in unison with the attached turbine outlet, as well as the diffuser inlet.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 21, 1996
Date of Patent:
September 23, 1997
Assignee:
Braden Manufacturing
Inventors:
Gene F. Schockemoehl, L. Matt Farabee, David W. Daniels