Resonator arrangement in an acoustic muffler for a refrigeration compressor

1. Resonator arrangement in an acoustic muffler for a refrigeration compressor mounted in the interior of a hermetic shell, said acoustic muffler comprising:

a hollow body defining at least one dampening chamber which carries a gas inlet duct having an inlet opening outside the dampening chamber;

an outlet opening inside the dampening chamber;

a gas outlet duct presenting an inlet opening inside the dampening chamber;

an outlet opening outside said dampening chamber, each said gas duct presenting a respective length and having a respective wall thickness;

wherein at least one of the gas inlet and gas outlet ducts carries, extending along at least part of its length, a respective plurality of resonant ducts, each resonant duct presenting a first end, open to the interior of the respective gas duct and a second end, opposed to and spaced from the first end, each said resonant duct being dimensioned to present a determined length and a determined diameter, which are calculated to define a certain reactive impedance and a certain dissipative impedance for the acoustic muffler, in a determined frequency band.

2. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 1 , wherein each resonant duct is at least partially carried by an adjacent surface portion of the respective gas duct.

3. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 2 , wherein at least part of the length of each resonant duct is formed in the wall thickness of the respective gas duct.

4. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the gas duct carries, along at least part of its extension, a tubular sleeve presenting a wall thickness, at least part of the resonant ducts being formed in the wall thickness of the tubular sleeve.

5. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 4 , wherein the tubular sleeve occupies one of the internal and external positions in relation to the respective gas duct.

6. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the gas duct carries, along at least part of its extension, a tubular sleeve presenting a wall thickness and a surface confronting with an adjacent surface of the gas duct, at least part of the length of the resonant ducts being defined between the confronting surfaces of the tubular sleeve and of the gas duct.

7. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 6 , wherein the cross section of the resonant ducts is partially defined in each of the adjacent confronting surfaces of tubular sleeve and of gas duct.

8. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 7 , wherein each resonant duct is defined by a recess produced in at least one of the confronting surfaces of tubular sleeve and extension of gas duct.

9. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 6 , wherein the tubular sleeve occupies one of the internal and external positions in relation to the respective gas duct.

10. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the resonant ducts are rectilinear and parallel to the axis of the gas duct.

11. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the resonant ducts are provided in a helical arrangement.

12. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 1 , wherein at least part of the resonant ducts presents its respective first end positioned in a region of the respective gas duct subjected to an acoustic pressure which produces noise to be attenuated.

13. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 12 , wherein at least part of the resonant ducts presents the respective first end open to the interior of the hollow body.

14. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 13 , wherein at least part of the resonant ducts presents the respective first end open to the interior of the gas duct, in which they are provided, through a respective radial hole provided in said gas duct and in fluid communication with said first end.

15. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 14 , wherein the first end of the resonant ducts is positioned according to the same plane transversal to the respective gas duct, said transversal plane sectioning a region of maximum acoustic pressure in said gas duct.

16. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 1 wherein the second end of each resonant duct is closed.

17. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the second end of each resonant duct is open.

18. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the first ends of at least part of the resonant ducts are longitudinally spaced from one another by a distance defined as a function of the frequency band to be attenuated.

19. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 18 , wherein the longitudinal spacing between the first ends of the resonant ducts is constant.

20. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the resonant ducts present at least one of the parameters defined by the diameter and the length with the same value.

21. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the hollow body of the acoustic muffler presents a wall thickness and internally carries at least one resonant duct comprising:

a first end, open to the interior of the respective gas duct;

a second end, opposed to and spaced from the first end;

wherein each said resonant duct being dimensioned to present a determined length and a determined diameter, which are calculated to define a certain reactive impedance and a certain dissipative impedance for the acoustic muffler, in a determined frequency band.

22. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 21 , wherein each resonant duct is at least partially carried by an adjacent surface portion of the hollow body.

23. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 20 , wherein at least part of the length of each resonant duct is formed in the wall thickness of the hollow body.

24. Arrangement, as set forth in claim 22 , wherein the resonant ducts are rectilinear.