Lobe mixer for gas turbine engine
First Claim
1. A lobe mixer having wall means defining a generally annularly rearwardly shaped portion and a sinusoidally forwardly shaped portion, said latter portion defining peaks and valleys, concentric flow streams, one flowing on the inner portion and the other flowing on the outer portion of said mixer and said streams joining at the extremity of said sinusoidally shaped portion, each of the opposing wall means adjacent individual peaks and valleys recessed short of said annular shaped portion so that said flow streams comingle upstream of said extremity.
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Abstract
The lobe-type mixer on a turbine type power plant is improved upon by "scalloping" the side walls for enhancing mixing of two flow streams to obtain improved noise suppression and/or engine performance. The improved lober mixer also minimizes pressure losses.
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- 1. A lobe mixer having wall means defining a generally annularly rearwardly shaped portion and a sinusoidally forwardly shaped portion, said latter portion defining peaks and valleys, concentric flow streams, one flowing on the inner portion and the other flowing on the outer portion of said mixer and said streams joining at the extremity of said sinusoidally shaped portion, each of the opposing wall means adjacent individual peaks and valleys recessed short of said annular shaped portion so that said flow streams comingle upstream of said extremity.
- 4. In a turbine type power plant including an outer annular flow stream and an inner annular flow stream, a lobe mixer receiving both of said streams and directing the flow of each to provide mixing upon discharging therefrom, the improvement including side walls forming the adjacent valleys and peaks, each side wall having a recessed portion for comingling said streams upstream of said discharge end of said mixer.
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