Noise and vibration mitigation system for nuclear reactors employing an acoustic side branch resonator
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United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F01N-001/02
F01N-001/04
F01N-001/08
F01N-001/00
출원번호
US-0027322
(2011-02-15)
등록번호
US-8393437
(2013-03-12)
발명자
/ 주소
Longoni, Gianluca
Munsi, Younus
Theuret, Robert C.
Forsyth, David R.
출원인 / 주소
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
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A method of designing/making an acoustic side branch resonator structured to be coupled to a standpipe of, for example, a nuclear power plant, wherein the acoustic side branch resonator includes a plurality of wire mesh elements for damping purposes. The method includes determining a resonant freque
A method of designing/making an acoustic side branch resonator structured to be coupled to a standpipe of, for example, a nuclear power plant, wherein the acoustic side branch resonator includes a plurality of wire mesh elements for damping purposes. The method includes determining a resonant frequency of the standpipe, determining an active length of the acoustic side branch resonator using the resonant frequency, and determining a particular number of the wire mesh elements to be used in the acoustic side branch resonator and a pitch of each of the wire mesh elements using momentum and continuity equations of a compressible fluid.
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1. A method of making an acoustic side branch resonator structured to be coupled to a standpipe, the acoustic side branch resonator including a plurality of wire mesh elements for damping purposes, the method comprising: determining a resonant frequency of the standpipe;determining an active length
1. A method of making an acoustic side branch resonator structured to be coupled to a standpipe, the acoustic side branch resonator including a plurality of wire mesh elements for damping purposes, the method comprising: determining a resonant frequency of the standpipe;determining an active length of the acoustic side branch resonator using the resonant frequency; anddetermining a particular number of the wire mesh elements to be used in the acoustic side branch resonator and a pitch of each of the wire mesh elements using momentum and continuity equations of a compressible fluid. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising inserting the particular number of the wire mesh elements each having the determined pitch into a housing of the acoustic side branch resonator. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining an active length of the acoustic side branch resonator comprises determining the active length of the acoustic side branch resonator using the resonant frequency and an acoustic wave equation. 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the determining the active length of the acoustic side branch resonator using the resonant frequency and an acoustic wave equation comprises determining the active length of the acoustic side branch resonator using the resonant frequency and the mono-dimensional wave equation with a variable term. 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the determining the length of the acoustic side branch resonator using the resonant frequency and the mono-dimensional wave equation with a variable term is based on a solution of the eigenvalue problem for the mono-dimensional wave equation with a variable area term. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining a resonant frequency of the standpipe comprises using the eigenvalue of an acoustic wave equation. 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the determining the particular number and pitch of the wire mesh elements comprises determining a desired total acoustic resistance RA for the acoustic side branch resonator and choosing the particular number of the wire mesh elements and the pitch of each of the wire mesh elements such that when the particular number of the wire mesh elements each having the determined pitch are inserted into the housing of the acoustic side branch resonator the acoustic side branch resonator will have the desired total acoustic resistance RA. 8. The method according to claim 7, wherein each of the wire mesh elements will have a specific acoustic resistance RS1, wherein the particular number of the wire mesh elements will have a total specific acoustic resistance RS equal to RS1*the particular number, and wherein the pitch of each of the wire mesh elements is chosen to provide specific acoustic resistance RS1 such that RS will cause that acoustic side branch resonator to have the desired total acoustic resistance based on desired total acoustic resistance RA=ρ0cσL+RSπa2, wherein ρ0 is in the fluid density, c is the speed of sound, σ is the attenuation coefficient due to fluid friction, L is the length of the acoustic side branch resonator, and a is a diameter of the acoustic side branch resonator. 9. The method according to claim 1, wherein each wire mesh element comprises a disk shaped screen member having an arrangement of interwoven metal wires defining a number of evenly spaced, uniform small openings between the wires. 10. An acoustic side branch resonator structured to be coupled to a standpipe, comprising: a housing and means for coupling the housing the standpipe, the housing and means for coupling being structured to define an active length for the acoustic side branch resonator, wherein the active length is determined using a resonant frequency of the standpipe; anda particular number of wire mesh elements provided within the housing, wherein the particular number of the wire mesh elements and a pitch of each of the wire mesh elements are determined using momentum and continuity equations of a compressible fluid. 11. The acoustic side branch resonator according to claim 10, wherein the active length is determined using the resonant frequency and an acoustic wave equation. 12. The acoustic side branch resonator according to claim 11, wherein the active length is determined using the resonant frequency and the mono-dimensional wave equation with a variable term. 13. The acoustic side branch resonator according to claim 11, wherein the active length is based on a solution of the eigenvalue problem for the mono-dimensional wave equation with a variable area term. 14. The acoustic side branch resonator according to claim 10, wherein the resonant frequency of the standpipe is determined using the eigenvalue of an acoustic wave equation. 15. The acoustic side branch resonator according to claim 10, wherein the particular number and pitch of the wire mesh elements are determined by determining a desired total acoustic resistance RA for the acoustic side branch resonator and choosing the particular number of the wire mesh elements and the pitch of each of the wire mesh elements such that when the particular number of the wire mesh elements each having the determined pitch are inserted into the housing of the acoustic side branch resonator the acoustic side branch resonator will have the desired total acoustic resistance RA. 16. The acoustic side branch resonator according to claim 15, wherein each of the wire mesh elements will have a specific acoustic resistance RS1, wherein the particular number of the wire mesh elements will have a total specific acoustic resistance RS equal to RS1*the particular number, and wherein the pitch of each of the wire mesh elements is chosen to provide specific acoustic resistance RS1 such that RS will cause that acoustic side branch resonator to have the desired total acoustic resistance based on desired total acoustic resistance RA=ρ0cσL+RSπa2, wherein ρ0 is fluid density, c is the speed of sound, σ is the attenuation coefficient due to fluid friction, L is the length of the acoustic side branch resonator, and a is a diameter of the acoustic side branch resonator. 17. The acoustic side branch resonator according to claim 10, wherein each wire mesh element comprises a disk shaped screen member having an arrangement of interwoven metal wires defining a number of evenly spaced, uniform small openings between the wires.
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