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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Zheji Liu, Olean, NY (US);
Assignee:
Dresser-Rand Company, Olean, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 2/944 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 2/944 ;
Abstract
A gas compression apparatus and method according to which an impeller rotates to flow fluid through a casing, and a plurality of vanes are mounted on a plate in the casing. A series of cells are formed in the plate to form an array of acoustic resonators to attenuate acoustic energy generated by the impeller.