GB2108200A - Exhaust gas silencer with porous ceramic sound-absorbing material - Google Patents

Exhaust gas silencer with porous ceramic sound-absorbing material Download PDF

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GB2108200A
GB2108200A GB08229072A GB8229072A GB2108200A GB 2108200 A GB2108200 A GB 2108200A GB 08229072 A GB08229072 A GB 08229072A GB 8229072 A GB8229072 A GB 8229072A GB 2108200 A GB2108200 A GB 2108200A
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Hans Lennart Slycke
Gote Valdemar Norrbrand
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01NGAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N13/00Exhaust or silencing apparatus characterised by constructional features ; Exhaust or silencing apparatus, or parts thereof, having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01N1/00 - F01N5/00, F01N9/00, F01N11/00
    • F01N13/18Construction facilitating manufacture, assembly, or disassembly
    • F01N13/1838Construction facilitating manufacture, assembly, or disassembly characterised by the type of connection between parts of exhaust or silencing apparatus, e.g. between housing and tubes, between tubes and baffles
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01NGAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N1/00Silencing apparatus characterised by method of silencing
    • F01N1/24Silencing apparatus characterised by method of silencing by using sound-absorbing materials
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01NGAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N13/00Exhaust or silencing apparatus characterised by constructional features ; Exhaust or silencing apparatus, or parts thereof, having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F01N1/00 - F01N5/00, F01N9/00, F01N11/00
    • F01N13/16Selection of particular materials
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01NGAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N2310/00Selection of sound absorbing or insulating material
    • F01N2310/06Porous ceramics
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01NGAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N2450/00Methods or apparatus for fitting, inserting or repairing different elements
    • F01N2450/22Methods or apparatus for fitting, inserting or repairing different elements by welding or brazing
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01NGAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N2450/00Methods or apparatus for fitting, inserting or repairing different elements
    • F01N2450/28Methods or apparatus for fitting, inserting or repairing different elements by using adhesive material, e.g. cement
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01NGAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N2470/00Structure or shape of gas passages, pipes or tubes
    • F01N2470/02Tubes being perforated
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01NGAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
    • F01N2490/00Structure, disposition or shape of gas-chambers
    • F01N2490/08Two or more expansion chambers in series separated by apertured walls only

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Abstract

Firmly abutting or adhering to the inner cylindrical wall of the sheet-metal casing (1) is the cylindrical outer surface of at least one ceramic element (6). In order to prevent the occurence of disturbing resonant vibrations in the silencer and in order to provide a rigid structure, the inner wall of the casing (1) is firmly connected to the cylindrical outer surface of the ceramic element (6), for example by heat shrinking the casing around the ceramic element, by press fitting or by an adhesive layer. <IMAGE>

Description

SPECIFICATION Improvements in or relating to a silencer THIS INVENTION relates to an exhaust silencer, and also relates to a method of manufacturing a silencer.
Exhaust silencers containing one or more sound-absorbing porous ceramic elements are described in U.K. Patent Application No.
8218892 (Patent Publication No.
These silencers have been found to be extremely effective from the view-point of sound absorption when compared with conventional silencers which are wholly made of sheet metal or include sound-damping fibrous material. The known sound-damping fibrous material is rapidly decomposed and blown out of the silencer, when the silencer is used with an internal combustion engine. Then, of course, the sound-damping effect is seriously decreased. In contrast, a porous ceramic element present within a silencer, remains intact even after a prolonged period of use of the silencer.
A common feature of conventional, previously known silencers is that the casing must be made of relatively thick sheet metal, for example 1.5 mm stainless steel sheet, with the result that the silencer has a relatively large mass. Thus a considerable quantity of raw material is utilised in fabricating such a silencer. A further disadvantage is that the sheet metal casing, and possibly also the components located in the casing, give rise to resonant vibrations. Therefore, the quantity of sound radiated from the outer surface will often exceed the sound emanating from the outlet of the silencer.
The present invention effectively constitutes a further development of the invention described in U.K Patent Application No.
8218892 (Patent Publication No.
and the excellent mechanical properties of the porous ceramic elements described in the said prior application are used to provide a new construction of an exhaust silencer, which makes it possible to use a much thinner sheet metal for the casing of the silencer without decreasing the mechanical strength of the silencer. The new construction also results in a total elimination of, or at least a considerable decrease of, resonant vibrations in the silencer.
According to this invention there is provided an exhaust silencer comprising a casing of sheet metal, and at least one sound-absorbing porous ceramic element with at least one through-going channel for the exhaust gases, the ceramic element being located in said casing casing and having an outer surface firmly connected to a corresponding wall of the casing which embraces the ceramic element, the casing and the ceramic element together forming a rigid construction.
Preferably the casing is heat shrunk onto the ceramic element, but alternatively the casing is a friction fit onto the ceramic element, and in another arrangement the casing is connected to the ceramic element by means of an adhesive layer between the ceramic element and the inner wall of the casing.
Due to the firm connection between the casing and the ceramic element the silencer can be considered as a unitary body or a sandwich construction with a large mass and a large wall thickness. Therefore, the wall thickness of the casing can be reduced when compared with prior arrangements. It is not necessary that it is more than 0.3-0.5 mm Moreover, the risk that the silencer will radiate disturbing resonant vibrations is significantly reduced.
The greatest stability of the silencer is achieved when a compressing strain constantly acts between the casing and the ceramic element and hence shrinkage and/or press fits are preferred.
Advantageously the element and the casing are both of cylindrical form, the cylindrical casing having sheet metal end walls.
The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing an exhaust silencer as described above which comprises providing at least one porous ceramic element with a cylindrical outer surface having a diameter which at a first low temperature is at least equal to the diameter of a cylindrical inner wall of a casing of sheet metal, heating the casing to such a high temperature that it is expanded and then inserting the element into the casing, whereby the casing shrinks into firm contact with the element when the temperature of the casing is decreased to the first low temperature again.
Preferably the method comprises the step of inserting the element into the heated casing when the inner diameter of the casing exceeds the outer diameter of the element.
Advantageously the diameter of the outer surface of the element is greater than the diameter of the cylindrical inner wall at said low temperature, and the method includes the step of inserting the element into the casing as a friction fit at said high temperature.
In order that the invention may be more readily understood, and so that further features thereof may be appreciated, the invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a partially cut-away view of a silencer according to the invention, and Figure 2 is a partially, cut-away view of a further silencer according to the invention.
Fig. 1 illustrates, in perspective, a silencer according to the invention and shows a casing 1 (which is partially cut-away) made, preferably, of stainless sheet metal. The casing is of circular-cylindrical configuration and thickness of the sheet metal in the illustrated embodiment is about 0.5 mm. At the open ends of the casing 1, transverse walls 2 and 3 are connected to the casing. Exhaust pipe stubs 4 and 5 extend from the transverse walls 2 and 3. The walls are preferably made of a thicker sheet metal than the cylindrical part of the casing and are welded to the casing 1. Inside the casing 1 a ceramic body 6 having a circular-cylindrical outer surface is located.
The ceramic body 6, which forms a soundabsorbing element, is provided with a central through-going channel 7 for the exhaust gases. The ceramic body 6 comprises a foamed ceramic material and has been moulded in a mould for obtaining a high accuracy to size and, the outer cylindrical surface of the element is preferably ground to the desired dimensions, in order to obtain optimum abutment against the inner wall of the casing 1.
The ceramic body, which is highly porous and has a compression strength of at least 40 kN/m2 and preferably at least 300 kN/m2, has an outer diameter which, at room temperature, exceeds the inner diameter of the casing 1. In assembling the silencer the casing 1 is therefore heated to a temperature, for example 400-600"C, sufficiently high to enable the ceramic body 6 to be pressed as a friction fit into the casing 1, said ceramic being held, for example, at room temperature. As the casing cools it contracts, and consequently the casing becomes very firmly bonded to the ceramic body.
During the above described assembly process the casing 1 is preferably brought to a temperature corresponding to a calculated highest operation temperature of the silencer.
Of course, the casing may be heated to much higher temperature than those mentioned, when it is desired to obtain very high bonding forces betwee the inner wall of the casing 1 and the outer surface of the ceramic body 6.
As has been mentioned above when the ceramic body 6 has been placed in a desired position in the heated casing 1, the casing is allowed to cool and thus to shrink onto the body 6. The end walls 2 and 3 are then welded firmly to the casing. The resultant unit, comprising the casing 1 and the body 6, is particularly rigid, which prevents the casing from generating oscillations or vibrations in use of the silencer and, as mentioned before, the casing can also be made very thin. The above mentioned temperatures have only been selected by way of example and may vary in dependence on the co-efficient of expansion of the sheet metal and the ceramicmaterial respectively, or in dependence on the temperature of the ceramic when the body 6 is pressed into the casing 1.The described process where the ceramic element is pressed into the heated casing, creating a combined shrinkage and press fit, may naturally be replaced with a pure shrinkage fit, in which the casing 1 is heated and caused to expand to an extent such that the ceramic body 6 can be inserted into the casing without requiring the exertion of any appreciable force. Alternatively, the described process may be replaced by a process in which the ceramic element is pressed into the casing without prior heating thereof. In such a process the ceramic body will be a tight friction fit within the casing.
Irrespective of the method used, one important criterion is that there is obtained such a joint or bonding between the casing and the ceramic body which is such that the forces between the cylindrical outer surface of the ceramic body 6 and inner wall of the casing 1 remain sufficiently large even at maximum operation temperatures, e.g. operational temperatures of 600'C.
Fig. 2 illustrates a silencer comprising a plurality of ceramic elements, for example elements 8, 9 and 10, all of which are a shrinkage fit in the metal casing 1.
Each cylindrical element 6, 8, 9 and 10 is ground to an outer diameter which, at low temperatures (by which is meant here normal room temperature, i.e. about 20 C), exceeds the inner diameter of the casing 1 at the same temperature. In certain cases, the cylindrical elements can be moulded to such precise dimensions as to obviate the need of separately working the outer surfaces of said element.
The shrinkage and/or press fits described above can be replaced with an adhesive joint, where a continuous thin layer of adhesive is applied to the entire outer cylindrical surface of the ceramic element. The element will have a. diameter so adapted to the inner diameter of the casing that at least some force is required to press the element into the casing. Any suitable temperature resistant adhesive agent can be used, such as an aluminium phopshate binder, for example.
The invention is not limited to the embodiments shown, since these can be modified in different ways within the scope of the present invention. Thus, it is not necessary to have a -cylindrical casing, since a casing with It has been found that a silencer in accordance with the invention may have good -acoustic and mechanical properties, and the ceramic element is preferably able to absorb compression strains exerted on the silencer.

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1. An exhaust silencer comprising a casing of sheet metal, and at least one soundabsorbing porous ceramic element with at least one through-going channel for the exhaust gases, the ceramic element being lo cated in said casing and having an outer surface firmly connected to a corresponding wall of the casing which embraces the ceramic element, the casing and the ceramic ele ment together forming a rigid construction.
2. An exhaust silencer according to claim 1, wherein the casing is heat shrunk onto the ceramic element.
3. An exhaust silencer according to claim 1, wherein the casing is a friction fit onto the ceramic element.
4. An exhaust silencer according to claim 1, wherein the casing is connected to the ceramic element by means of an adhesive layer between the ceramic element and the inner wall of the casing.
5. An exhaust silencer according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the element and the casing are both of cylindrical form, the cylindrical casing having sheet metal end walls.
6. A method of manufacturing an exhaust silencer according to any one of the preceding claims, which comprises providing at least one porous ceramic element with a cylindrical outer surface having a diameter which at a first low temperature is at least equal to the diameter of a cylindrical inner wall of a casing of sheet metal, heating the casing to such a high temperature that it is expanded and then inserting the element into the casing, whereby the casing shrinks into firm contact with the element when the temperature of the casing is decreased to the first low temperature again.
7. A method according to claim 6, which comprises the step of the element into the heated casing when the inner diameter of the casing exceeds the outer diameter of the ele ment
8. A method according to claim 6, wheren the diameter of the outer surface of the element is greater than the diameter of the cylindrical inner wall at said low temperature, the method including the step of inserting the element into the casing as a friction fit at said high temperature.
9. An exhaust silencer substantially as herein described with reference to and as shown in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings.
1 0. An exhaust silencer substantially as herein described with reference to and as shown in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings.
11. A method of making a silencer substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
1 2. Any novel feature or combination of features disclosed herein.
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