Exhaust Silencer Upgrade

3/21/2024

The devil is in the details. Schock does not waiver on conservative design philosophies, material selections, and fabrication techniques. We have designed, fabricated, shipped, and installed well over 1200+ Silencer panels in the past several years....

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Is protecting the leading edge of a silencer panel necessary?

3/11/2024

Question: Is protecting or “tucking” the leading edge of the silencer panel perforated material necessary? Answer: NO. Some designers claim by “tucking” the leading edge under the frame materials, it is protected from the high gas velocities. Firstly,...

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How do Gas Turbine Silencers Work to Absorb Sound

3/5/2024

Question: How do Gas Turbine absorption silencers work? Answer: An absorption silencer works according to the absorption principle. The sound waves hit the insulating material inside and are thus absorbed. The sound energy is converted into thermal...

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What is the ideal material for large frame exhaust silencers

2/27/2024

Question: Is 11CrCb material a better fit for F class Exhaust Gas temperatures. Answer: YES. 11CrCb has a much longer creep life that 409SS, but not quite as good as 304SS. HOWEVER, 304SS thermally grows almost twice as much as 11CrCb and 409SS so this...

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Is continuous welding of the perforated seams better than skip welding

2/26/2024

Question: Is continuous welding of the perforated seams better than skip welding. Answer: YES. Beyond the reasons mentioned above, by nature of application, the skip or stich welding is performed manually by a human hand. Because of the application method,...

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Why do Gas Turbine Exhaust Silencers Fail

2/23/2024

Question: Why do Exhaust Silencers fail? Answer: Exhaust panels fail from movement, whether physical movement from flow, or thermal movement from temperature over time. Question: How does Schock design silencer to extend life and combat these failure...

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Gas Turbine Exhaust Baffles

10/10/2022

Gas Turbine Exhaust Silencer upgrades have quickly become Schock's specialty. With our USA installed base aging, and cycling more prevalent, we encounter more and more units in need of repair or replacement. For vertical silencer systems (panels installed...

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Gas Turbine Exhaust Silencer

8/18/2022

What is an Exhaust Silencer (baffle, splitter, panel)? Whenever air or some gases like exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine in the industrial unit are emitted to the atmosphere under high pressure, they cause high sound/noise levels. An exhaust...

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