Patent ID: 11859544
Assignee: SOLAR TURBINES INCORPORATED
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 18:
19. A mixer box comprising:
a first duct that includes
an upstream end and a downstream end, along a first axis, that are both open to form a first flow path through the first duct along the first axis,
a first side and second side, along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, the first side comprising a plurality of openings, and
a plurality of mixers that each extends along the first axis between the upstream end and the downstream end, and extends along the second axis between the first side and the second side, such that the first flow path is divided into a plurality of channels,

wherein each of the plurality of mixers has an open end, at the first side, that is aligned with one of the plurality of openings in the first side, such that a second flow path, perpendicular to the first flow path, is formed through the first side into a hollow interior of the mixer,
wherein each of the plurality of mixers includes two side surfaces, each of the two side surfaces including a plurality of apertures that each forms a flow path between the hollow interior of the mixer and one of the plurality of channels, the plurality of apertures, in each of the two side surfaces of each of the plurality of mixers, arranged in two dimensions along both the first axis and the second axis and decreasing in area as a distance from the open end of the mixer increases,
wherein each of the plurality of mixers comprises a trailing surface, the trailing surface including a plurality of apertures that each forms a flow path between the hollow interior of the mixer and an exterior of the mixer, the plurality of apertures in each trailing surface of each of the plurality of mixers decreasing in area as a distance from the open end of the mixer increases, and
wherein each of the plurality of mixers comprises one or more baffles that each extends along the second axis, such that the hollow interior of the mixer is divided into a plurality of channels along the second axis.