Flame arresting blankets on gas turbine
OwnerStephen Arthur Andersoninventor
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Abstract
A fire retarding device for covering a hot casing is disclosed. The device includes a member adapted to cover at least a portion of the hot casing and consists at least in part of a porous flame arresting matrix having a plurality of substantially interconnected voids defined therein. The voids have a maximum size which is predetermined to limit flame propagation of an ignited fluid across said voids. One possible construction for the matrix is one or more intermingled metal filaments arranged in a blanket-like form.
Claims19
A fire retarding device for covering a hot casing, comprising:
- a flexible member adapted for superposition on the hot casing, said member adapted to cover at least a portion of the hot casing, said member comprising intermingled filaments forming a porous flame arresting fibrous network;
- said fibrous network having a volume being more porous than dense, and wherein said filaments are arranged to define voids of a maximum size throughout said fibrous network, and wherein said maximum void size is chosen to limit flame propagation of an ignited fluid through said member.
A fire retarding device for covering a hot casing, comprising:
- a blanket said member adapted to cover at least a portion of the hot casing, said blanket comprising a plurality of filaments arranged to form a flame arresting matrix, said filaments intersecting in said matrix to form a plurality of voids in said matrix, said voids being smaller than a maximum size throughout said mesh matrix, said maximum size predetermined being to limit flame propagation of an ignited fluid across said voids.
A fire retarding device for covering a hot casing, comprising:
- a member adapted to cover at least a portion of the hot casing, said member comprising a porous flame arresting matrix having a plurality of substantially interconnected voids defined therein, said voids having a maximum size, said maximum size being predetermined to limit flame propagation of an ignited fluid across said voids.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.