SBIR/STTR Research Award
NOISE SUPPRESSOR DEVELOPMENT-QUIET VALVES FOR AIR PRESSURE REDUCTION MANIFOLDS
Award amount
$578,591Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Annapolis Research & Dev
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THIS PROPOSAL WILL DEMONSTRATE (IN 2" TO 4" SIZE), A NOISE REDUCING TRIM THAT CAN BE UTOLIZED IN ROTARY CONTROL/ON-OFF BALL VALVES. THIS VALVE TRIM ADDRESSES NOISE AT THE SOURCE. THE BASIC DESIGN HAS A VARIABLE IMPEDENCE TRIM TO CAUSE A HIGH IMPEDENCE AT LOW ANGLES OF OPENING AND LOW IMPEDENCE (VERY LITTLE FLOW RESTRICTION) AT LARGE OPENING ANGLES. IT IS AN IDEAL VALVE FOR PRESSURIZATION/DE-PRESSURIZATION, BLOW-DOWN AND VARIABLE DELTA P-VARIABLE FLOW CONTROL APPLICATIONS. TYPICAL ALTENUATION RANGES FROM -15-30DBA DEPENDING UPON TRIM ARRANGEMENT AND SELECTION.
Technology keywords
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