A mixer/ejector suppressor is disclosed for reducing the noise level created by the exhaust flows in gas turbines. In the preferred embodiment, the suppressor comprises a mixing ring of alternating lobes attached to the engine's tailpipe; an ejector shroud mounted onto the mixing ring; and a plurali
A mixer/ejector suppressor is disclosed for reducing the noise level created by the exhaust flows in gas turbines. In the preferred embodiment, the suppressor comprises a mixing ring of alternating lobes attached to the engine's tailpipe; an ejector shroud mounted onto the mixing ring; and a plurality of arcuate gaps, between the mixing ring and ejector shroud, that permit ambient air to be entrained into the shroud. The preferred mixing ring has ten curved lobes of alternating designs. Five of the mixing lobes are shallow, with contours similar to those of mixing lobes in an earlier TSMEC version, disclosed in a related U.S. utility patent application, Ser. No. 08/729,571. The other five lobes are much longer, and they are designed to penetrate deeply into the engine's hot core flow. Together, the ten lobes rapidly mix (mostly at supersonic conditions) the engine exhaust flows with secondary ambient air inside the shroud. The lobes thereby increase the spread rate of the exhaust jet, dissipate its velocity and greatly decrease the core length of the exhaust jet. Hence, noise levels are reduced, which enable older engines to meet new federal noise regulations, known as "Stage 3", at static and takeoff conditions. This suppressor, known as the "ALMEC," comprises an improvement in noise reduction over the prior TSMEC version.
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[ Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:] [1.] In a gas turbine of the type having engine exhaust gases that can create jet noise, the improvement comprising a multi-stage mixer/ejector suppressor that reduces the jet noise, said suppressor comprising:a. a first stage having a tail
[ Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:] [1.] In a gas turbine of the type having engine exhaust gases that can create jet noise, the improvement comprising a multi-stage mixer/ejector suppressor that reduces the jet noise, said suppressor comprising:a. a first stage having a tailpipe attached to an exhaust end of the turbine;b. a second stage having a tubular ejector shroud, attached downstream to a discharge end of the first stage, wherein the shroud straddles the first stage's discharge end with arcuate gaps between the shroud and the discharge end; andc. supersonic mixing means to mix the engine exhaust gases, at supersonic flow speeds, with cooler ambient air pulled in through the gaps, to increase spread rate of the exhaust gases, to dissipate velocity of the exhaust gasses, and to decrease core length of an exhaust jet, compared to the spread rate, velocity and core length previously associated with the gas turbine without the multi-stage mixer, thereby reducing noise levels previously associated with the gas turbine without the multi-stage mixer, prior to the exhaust gases exiting the shroud, said means comprising:(i) a stator ring of curved lobes that forms part of the first stage, said ring having a leading edge attached to the tailpipe and a portion that extends inside the shroud;(ii) wherein the stator ring is comprised of alternating lobe designs, with alternating lobes being identical and being sandwiched between lobes that are identical to each other but of a different design then the lobe between them; and(iii) wherein half of the stator ring's lobes extend deeper, than the remaining lobes in the stator ring, into the exhaust gases, relative to a center line of the gases.
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