Flexible size sparger for air cooled condensors
First Claim
1. A sparger assembly for use with a duct comprising:
- a plurality of individual sparger units, each sparger unit having a stacked plate arrangement, each arrangement of stacked plates having a series of flat plates; and
a mounting frame capable of supporting the plurality of individual sparger units in a grid like assembly, the mounting frame adapted to be mounted to the wall of a duct.
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Abstract
A flexible size diffuser grid assembly formed up of individual sparger units for use as a noise abatement device to reduce the fluid pressure in a predetermined manner to substantially reduce the aerodynamic noise and structural vibrations produced by a fluid moving therethrough. The sparger grid assembly is formed in a window pane grid-like arrangement of individual sparger pane units, each of which are mounted in a support frame, and each of which utilize individual stack of flat plates, the plates respectively having inlet slots and outlet slots, and interconnecting plenums, to create a series of passageways to substantially subdivide the flow stream of steam into smaller portions to reduce fluid pressure. The individual sparger units can be formed of a standard size, or instead formed of custom sizes, and greater or less numbers of individual window pane sparger units can be used in the frame, depending on the given end-use application.
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24 Claims
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1. A sparger assembly for use with a duct comprising:
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a plurality of individual sparger units, each sparger unit having a stacked plate arrangement, each arrangement of stacked plates having a series of flat plates; and a mounting frame capable of supporting the plurality of individual sparger units in a grid like assembly, the mounting frame adapted to be mounted to the wall of a duct. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A fluid pressure reduction device comprising:
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a plurality of individual fluid pressure reduction units, each fluid pressure reduction unit having a stacked flat plate arrangement, each plate containing a plurality of fluid passageways in fluid communication with a plurality of inlets disposed upon a first end of the fluid pressure reduction device and a plurality of outlets disposed upon a second end of the fluid pressure reduction device, the second end being substantially opposite of the first end wherein the passageways substantially reduce the fluid pressure between the plurality of inlets and outlets; and a mounting frame capable of supporting the plurality of individual fluid pressure reduction units in a grid like assembly. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for substantially reducing the restriction of a fluid flow through a duct, and the unwanted noise and vibration attendant thereto, comprising the steps of
mounting a support frame to an opening in the wall of the duct; -
forming respective stacked flat plate arrangements to include respective flat plates having a series of inlet openings at a first end and a series of outlet openings at the opposite second end; mounting a plurality of the stacked flat plate arrangements within the support frame; and causing the plurality of stacked flat plate arrangements to extend to a greater length exteriorly than interiorly of the duct. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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