IP Library Granted Patent US 9,618,206
Granted Patent B2
US 9,618,206 · App. 14/488,652 · Granted Apr 11, 2017

Annular helmholtz damper

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Patent No.
US 9,618,206
App. No.
14/488,652
Granted
Apr 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The damper arrangement include two concentric hollow shapes, each having a wall, wherein the walls form an annular volume therebetween. The damper arrangement further includes one or more necks for connecting to a combustion chamber at corresponding one or more contact points. The one or more necks are connected to the annular volume.

Claims (27)

1. A damper arrangement comprising:

two concentric hollow shapes, each having a wall, wherein the walls form an annular damper volume therebetween; and

one or more necks for connecting the annular damper volume to a combustion chamber at corresponding one or more contact points, the one or more necks further being connected to the annular damper volume, wherein the annular damper volume comprises one or more first plates extending longitudinally between the walls of the two concentric hollow shapes.

2. The damper arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one or more contact points are located on a circumferential periphery of one or more burners connected to the combustion chamber.

3. The damper arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the annular damper volume is concentric to a burner.

4. The damper arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the combination of the annular damper volume and the one or more necks are tuned to damp one or more pulsation frequencies.

5. The damper arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the annular damper volume comprises one or more second plates extending circumferentially, between the walls of the two concentric hollow shapes.

6. The damper arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one or more first plates defines a first damper volume at a first side of one plate of the one or more first plates and a second damper volume at a second side of the one plate of the one or more first plates.

7. The damper arrangement as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the one or more first plates are movable, wherein the one or more first plates have one or more necks therethrough so as to interconnect the first and second damper volumes.

8. The damper arrangement as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the first and second damper volumes have variable sizes and volumes.

9. The damper arrangement as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the corresponding one or more necks for the respective first and second damper volumes have variable sizes and volumes.

10. The damper arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the annular damper volume and one or more necks comprises one or more of a porous material, an absorptive material, an adsorptive material, a perforated screen and a metal foam therein.

11. A method for designing a damper arrangement, the method comprising:

providing two concentric hollow shapes each having a wall, wherein the walls form an annular damper volume therebetween;

providing one or more necks being connected to the annular damper volume;

connecting the one or more necks to a combustion chamber at corresponding one or more contact points; and

inserting within the annular damper volume one or more first plates extending in a longitudinal direction between the walls of two concentric hollow shapes.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 comprising:

locating one or more contact points on a circumferential periphery of one or more burners connected to the combustion chamber.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11 comprising:

tuning the combination of the annular damper volume and the one or more necks to damp one or more pulsation frequencies.

14. The method as claimed in claim 11 comprising:

varying the size and volume of the one or more necks and the annular damper volume.

15. The method as claimed in claim 11 comprising:

inserting within the annular damper volume one or more second plates extending in a circumferential direction between the walls of two concentric hollow shapes.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the one or more second plates is movable and define a third damper volume at a first side of one plate of the one or more second plates and a fourth annular damper volume at a second side of the one plate of the one or more second plates.

17. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the one or more plates is movable and define a first annular volume at a first side of one plate of the one or more first plates and a second annular volume at a second side of the one plate of the one or more first plates.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2017
From: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
To: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 041686/0884 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 22, 2016
From: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 038216/0193 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2015
From: GENIN, FRANKLIN MARIE; ALURI, NARESH; BOTHIEN, MIRKO RUBEN
To: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
Reel/Frame 034917/0470 →