AIRFOIL BATTS FOR AIR INTAKE OF A COMPRESSOR HOUSING
The present disclosure is directed to a housing for an air compressor system. A vent region is associated with the housing to permit cooling air flow to enter and attenuate noise output from the housing. A batt carrier is positioned proximate the vent region. A plurality of airfoil shaped batts are positioned within the batt carrier to reduce airflow turbulence and provide sound suppression capability.
1 . A housing for a compressor comprising:
a top wall;
a bottom wall;
one or more side walls extending between the top wall and the bottom wall;
a vent region formed in one of the top, bottom or side walls;
a batt carrier associated with the vent region; and
a plurality of airfoil batts positioned within the batt carrier.
2 . The housing of claim 1 , wherein the airfoil batts are positioned in a column with a space between each adjacent pair of airfoil batts.
3 . The housing of claim 2 , wherein the airfoil batts are positioned in two or more columns within the batt carrier.
4 . The housing of claim 1 , wherein the airfoil batts are formed from a sound suppression material.
5 . The housing of claim 4 , wherein the sound suppression material includes a fiberglass core and an outer fabric wrap.
6 . The housing of claim 2 , wherein a location of airfoil batts are movable and the space between adjacent airfoils is variable.
7 . The housing of claim 1 , wherein a pitch angle of the airfoil batts is variable.
8 . The housing of claim 1 further comprising a rod connected to a column of airfoil batts.
9 . The housing of claim 1 further comprising one of a fan or a blower in fluid communication with the vent region of the housing.
10 . The housing of claim 1 , wherein an area of a top surface of the airfoil batts is different from an area of the bottom surface.
11 . An inlet for a compressor housing comprising:
a batt carrier having a top wall, bottom wall and opposing side walls;
opposing batt receiving slots extending from each of the side walls of the batt carrier; and
an airfoil shaped batt corrected with the opposing receiving slots of the carrier.
12 . The inlet of claim 11 , wherein the batt carrier includes a plurality of receiving slots extending along each of the sidewalls.
13 . The inlet of claim 12 further comprising a plurality of airfoil shaped batts positioned in a column within the plurality of receiving slots on the carrier.
14 . The inlet of claim 12 further comprising a plurality of airfoil shaped batts positioned in two or more columns within the plurality of receiving slots on the carrier.
15 . The inlet of claim 11 , wherein each airfoil shaped batt is formed from a noise suppression material.
16 . The inlet of claim 11 further comprising a fan or blower in fluid communication with inlet of the compressor housing.
17 . The inlet of claim 11 , wherein the pitch angle of the airfoil shaped batt is variable relative to the inlet.
18 . The inlet of claim 11 , wherein the space between adjacent airfoil shaped batts is variable.
19 . A method comprising:
positioning a batt carrier having a plurality of airfoil batts within an inlet region of a housing;
flowing airflow through openings between adjacent airfoil batts;
cooling internal portions of the housing with the airflow; and
suppressing noise emitted through the inlet region with the airfoil batts.
20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the airfoil batts are formed with sound suppression material.