Silencer unit

Claim 2

A silencer unit which is connected to a pulse combustor having an air charging pipe and an exhaust pipe and attenuates noise generated from the pulse combustor, comprising: a housing including an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder disposed in the outer cylinder, a first end plate closing one end of the outer cylinder, and a second end plate closing the other end of the outer cylinder; first and second low-frequency sound arresting chambers defined individually in the inner cylinder for attenuating the low-frequency components of the noise generated from the pulse combustor; and first and second high-frequency sound arresting chambers defined individually between the outer and inner cylinders for attenuating the high-frequency components of the noise generated from the pulse combustor, the first low- and high-frequency sound arresting chambers communicating with each other and with the air charging pipe to form a charging-side silencer for attenuating noise generated from the charging side of the pulse combustor, and the second low- and high-frequency sound arresting chambers communicating with each other and with the exhaust pipe to form an exhaust-side silencer for attenuating noise generated from the exhaust side of the pulse combustor.

Claim 3

The silencer unit according to claim 1, wherein said inner cylinder is substantially equal in axial length to the outer cylinder and coaxial with the outer cylinder, one end of the inner cylinder is closed by the first end plate, and the other end of the inner cylinder is closed by the second end plate.

Claim 4

The silencer unit according to claim 2, wherein said housing includes first and second partition plates spaced apart from and facing each other in the inner cylinder to divide the space in the inner cylinder, and annular third and fourth partition plates spaced apart from and facing each other between the outer and inner cylinders to divide the space between the outer and inner cylinders, the first low-frequency sound arresting chamber is defined by the first end plate, the first partition plate, and the inner cylinder, the second low-frequency sound arresting chamber is defined by the first and second partition plates and the inner cylinder, the first high-frequency sound arresting chamber is defined by the first end plate, the third partition plate, and the inner and outer cylinders, the second high-frequency sound arresting chamber is defined by the second end plate, the fourth partition plate, and the inner and outer cylinders, the charging-side silencer includes a third high-frequency sound arresting chamber for attenuating the high-frequency components of the noise generated from the charging side of the pulse combustor which is defined by the third and fourth partition plates and the inner and outer cylinders and is connected with the first high-frequency sound arresting chamber, and the exhaust-side silencer includes a fourth high-frequency sound arresting chamber for attenuating the high-frequency components of the noise generated from the exhaust side of the pulse combustor which is defined by the second end plate, the second partition plate, and the inner cylinder and is connected with the second low- and high-frequency sound arresting chambers.

Claim 5

The silencer unit according to claim 3, wherein said inner cylinder has a first charge choke tube connecting the first low- and high-frequency sound arresting chambers, and a second exhaust gas choke tube connecting the second and fourth high-frequency sound arresting chambers, the second partition plate has a first exhaust gas choke tube connecting the second low-frequency sound arresting chamber and the fourth high-frequency sound arresting chamber, and the third partition plate has a second charge choke tube connecting the first and third high-frequency sound arresting chambers.

Claim 6

The silencer unit according to claim 4, wherein said housing has a charge inlet pipe connecting with the charging-side silencer to lead the outside air into the charging-side silencer, a charge outlet pipe connecting with the charging-side silencer and the air charging pipe to lead the outside air having passed through the charging-side silencer to the air charging pipe, an exhaust gas inlet pipe connecting with the exhaust pipe and the exhaust-side silencer to lead combustion gas generated from the pulse combustor into the exhaust-side silencer, and an exhaust gas outlet pipe connecting with the exhaust-side silencer to lead the combustion gas having passed through the exhaust-side silencer out of the same.

Claim 7

The silencer unit according to claim 5, wherein said charge inlet pipe is attached to the outer cylinder to open into the third high-frequency sound arresting chamber, the charge outlet pipe is attached to the first end plate to open into the first low-frequency sound arresting chamber, the exhaust gas inlet pipe extends through the first end plate, the first low-frequency sound arresting chamber, and the first partition plate to open into the second low-frequency sound arresting chamber, and the exhaust gas outlet pipe is attached to the outer cylinder to open into the second high-frequency sound arresting chamber.

Claim 8

The silencer unit according to claim 6, wherein said exhaust-side silencer has a drain port formed in the inner cylinder for discharging condensed water produced in the exhaust pipe, the drain port adjoining the second end plate and opening into the second and fourth high-frequency sound arresting chambers, and the exhaust gas outlet pipe opens into the second high-frequency sound arresting chamber to face the drain port.

Claim 9

The silencer unit according to claim 4, wherein said third high-frequency sound arresting chamber is located radially outside the second low-frequency sound arresting chamber.