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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2012
Jeffrey Lee Mason, Sharonville, OH (US);
Daniel Alexander Sieg, West Chester, OH (US);
Carlos Eduardo Gutierrez, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John Carl Glessner, Kings Mills, OH (US);
Charles Steve Lawless, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Jeffrey Lee Mason, Sharonville, OH (US);
Daniel Alexander Sieg, West Chester, OH (US);
Carlos Eduardo Gutierrez, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John Carl Glessner, Kings Mills, OH (US);
Charles Steve Lawless, Liberty Township, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Compact, high-pressure exhaust muffling devices are disclosed. Some example muffling devices may include an inner flow conditioner including an inlet configured to convey a pressurized fluid flow into an inner flow conditioner interior. The inner flow conditioner may include a plurality of inner flow conditioner holes. The muffling device may include an exhaust can disposed substantially around the inner flow conditioner and arranged to receive the pressurized fluid flow via the inner flow conditioner holes into an exhaust can interior. The exhaust can may include a plurality of exhaust screen holes arranged to discharge the pressurized fluid flow from the exhaust can interior. The exhaust can interior may be substantially devoid of flow obstructions between the plurality of inner flow conditioner holes and the exhaust screen holes.