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Compressor sound suppression

a compressor and sound suppression technology, applied in the field of compressors, can solve problems such as pressure pulsation and related noise generation, and achieve the effect of limiting external sound radiation

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-03-30
CARRIER CORP
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The invention is about a compressor with a resonator that reduces vibrations and noise. The resonator is located between the muffler and the discharge plenum, and it can be added to existing compressor configurations or remanufactured. The resonator can be designed to suppress a specific type of vibration. Overall, the invention improves the performance and efficiency of compressors by reducing vibrations and noise.

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The trapping and discharge each may produce pressure pulsations and related noise generation.

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[0013]FIG. 1 shows a compressor 20 having a housing or case assembly 22. The exemplary compressor is a three-rotor, screw-type, hermetic compressor having rotors 26, 28, and 30 with respective central longitudinal axes 500, 502, and 504. In the exemplary embodiment, the first rotor 26 is a male-lobed rotor driven by a coaxial electric motor 32 and, in turn, enmeshed with and driving the female-lobed rotors 28 and 30. In the exemplary embodiment, the male rotor axis 500 also forms a central longitudinal axis of the compressor 20 as a whole. The rotor working portions are located within a rotor case segment 34 of the case assembly 22 and may be supported by bearings 36 and sealed by seals 38 engaging rotor shafts at each end of the associated rotor working portion. When driven by the motor 32, the rotors pump and compress a working fluid (e.g., a refrigerant) along a flowpath from a suction plenum 40 to a discharge plenum 42. In the exemplary embodiment, the suction plenum 40 is locat...

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Abstract

A compressor includes a housing and one or more working elements. A muffler is located downstream of the discharge plenum and a helmholtz resonator is located in the discharge plenum upstream of the muffler.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The invention relates to compressors. More particularly, the invention relates to sound and vibration suppression in screw-type compressors. [0002] In positive displacement compressors, discrete volumes of gas are: trapped at a suction pressure; compressed; and discharged at a discharge pressure. The trapping and discharge each may produce pressure pulsations and related noise generation. Accordingly, a well developed field exists in compressor sound suppression. [0003] One class of absorptive mufflers involves passing the refrigerant flow discharged from the compressor working elements through an annular space between inner and outer annular layers of sound absorptive material (e.g., fiber batting or foam). U.S. Patent Application Pub. No. 2004 / 0065504 A1 discloses a basic such muffler and then improved versions having integral helmholtz resonators formed within the inner layer. The disclosure of this '504 publication is incorporated by reference ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): F01N1/02F01N1/08F01N1/00
CPCF01C21/10F04C18/165F04C29/0035F04C29/061Y10T29/49238F04C2240/30F04C2270/12F04C2270/13F04C29/068F01N1/02F01N1/08
Inventor ROCKWELL, DAVID M.
Owner CARRIER CORP