The subject matter disclosed herein relates to systems and devices for retaining a filter within a filter holding frame.
Power generation equipment such as gas turbine engines use a large supply of intake air to enable combustion. To maintain suitable performance of the turbine, the intake air is filtered to remove unwanted dust, moisture, and other contaminants. The filters that filter the intake air are typically arranged in an array on a large filter frame located within a filter house. The filters are removable to enable cleaning and replacement of the filters. Often, the filters are held in place by the intake air pressure, which may, in some cases, sufficiently press the filter against the filter receptacle to block air from flowing around the filter. In some applications however, such as wherein the filter frame is tilted, the air pressure alone may not be sufficient to hold the filter in place. Mechanical devices for holding the filter in place have been developed, but they often use substantial amounts of material, are cumbersome to operate, and use loose parts that can potentially damage the turbine. Additionally, typical filter holding mechanisms may permit an operator to inadvertently over-tighten the mechanism, which could damage the filter or inhibit proper sealing. It may be advantageous therefore to provide a device for fastening a filter that is small, inexpensive, easy to use, uses no loose parts, and provides a consistent, controlled level of compression to the filter.
Certain embodiments commensurate in scope with the originally claimed invention are summarized below. These embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the claimed invention, but rather these embodiments are intended only to provide a brief summary of possible forms of the invention. Indeed, the invention may encompass a variety of forms that may be similar to or different from the embodiments set forth below.
In a first embodiment, a system includes a turbine engine configured to receive filtered air from a filter assembly. The filter assembly comprises a plurality of filters and a filter holding frame. The filter holding frame includes a plurality of filter cells and a plurality of fasteners. Each of the fasteners includes a first arm coupled to the filter holding frame at a hinge, wherein the arm rotates about the hinge to gradually compress a first filter from a released position to a retained position relative to a first filter cell.
In a second embodiment, a system includes a filter holding frame configured to support a plurality of filters. The filter holding frame includes first and second filter cells, a divider between the first and second filter cells, and a latch coupled to the divider. The latch comprises first and second arms rotatable toward and away from one another and the divider. The first arm is configured to progressively compress a first filter into the first filter cell during rotation of the first arm toward the first filter, and the second arm is configured to progressively compress a second filter into the second filter cell during rotation of the second arm toward the second filter.
In a third embodiment, a system includes a filter latch comprising a hinge and a first arm coupled to the hinge. The first arm comprises an S-shaped plate rotatable about the hinge, and the S-shaped plate is configured to progressively compress a first filter into a first filter cell in a filter frame via engagement of the first filter along a curved surface of the S-shaped plate.
These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood when the following detailed description is read with reference to the accompanying drawings in which like characters represent like parts throughout the drawings, wherein:
One or more specific embodiments of the present invention will be described below. In an effort to provide a concise description of these embodiments, all features of an actual implementation may not be described in the specification. It should be appreciated that in the development of any such actual implementation, as in any engineering or design project, numerous implementation-specific decisions must be made to achieve the developers' specific goals, such as compliance with system-related and business-related constraints, which may vary from one implementation to another. Moreover, it should be appreciated that such a development effort might be complex and time consuming, but would nevertheless be a routine undertaking of design, fabrication, and manufacture for those of ordinary skill having the benefit of this disclosure.
When introducing elements of various embodiments of the present invention, the articles “a,” “an,” “the,” and “said” are intended to mean that there are one or more of the elements. The terms “comprising,” “including,” and “having” are intended to be inclusive and mean that there may be additional elements other than the listed elements.
Embodiments of the present invention include a filter fastening device for use in a filtering system that provides intake air to machinery in a power generation facility. In particular, some embodiments of the present invention provide a filter fastener or latch rotatably coupled to a filter holding frame by a hinge and configured to rotate toward a filter and gradually compress the filter against a sealing face of the filter holding frame. Furthermore, the latch may be shaped to provide an over-center action, wherein the outward pressure provided by the resiliency of the filter urges the latch into a locked position after the latch rotates through a balance point. Some embodiments may also include an additional latch for retaining a second filter, such as a pre-filter, in a parallel arrangement with the first filter. The latches described herein are small, inexpensive, quick and simple to use, include no loose parts, and provide consistent, predetermined compressive force to the filter.
The filters 24 may be any suitable type, such as bag filters or mini-pleat filters, for example. In some embodiments, the filters 24 may be high-efficiency AltairSupernova™ filters, available from General Electric. Additionally, the filters 24 may also be any suitable size. For example, in some embodiments, the filter height 38 and width 40 may be approximate 600 mm, the filter depth 42 may be approximately 400 to 500 millimeters, and each filter may weight approximately 15 kilograms. Additionally, in some embodiments, the filter cells 30 and/or the filter frame 22 may be titled to provide suitable drainage for moisture, which may collect on the outside of the filter 24. In some embodiments, which will be described further below with reference to
The latch 48, including the retention plates 58 and the hinge 60, may be made of any suitable material such as rigid plastic, steel or aluminum. In some embodiments, the filter retention plate 58 may be resilient, and the degree of resiliency may depend on the gasket material and the desired level of compression. For example, filter retention plate 58 may include ASTM A 227 or 228 spring steel. The length 72 of the retention plates 58 may be approximately 1 to 3 inches or greater, and the depth 74 of the hinge, i.e. the distance from the axis of the hinge to the retention surface 62, may be approximately 1 inch or greater. It will be appreciated that the latch 48 dimensions described herein are intended merely to provide context and are not intended to be a limitation of the present invention. For example, in some embodiments, the latch 48 may extend the entire width or height of the filter cell 30 and include two or more hinges 60.
The retention plates 58 may also include a grasping mechanism that enables an operator of the latch 48 to release the retention plate 58 after it has been swung into the latched or retaining position. For example, in some embodiments, the retention plate 58 may include an opening 68 that enables a user of the latch 48 to grip the retention plate 58 with a tool and apply a torque sufficient to release the retention plate 58 from the retaining position.
As is also more clearly shown in
The dotted line shown in
Turning now to
As mentioned above, the s-shape of the retention plate 58 will also provide an over-center action. The over-center action of the latch describes the characteristic of the latch 48 wherein the latch 48 will tend to resist being urged into a retaining position (e.g., solid lines in
As also mentioned above, the s-shape of the retention plate 58 provides a camming action. The camming action describes the characteristic of the latch 48 provided by the outwardly curved surface 64 wherein the compression of the filter gasket 94 against the sealing face 34 increases gradually as the latch 48 is rotated 100 into the retaining position. More specifically, as the retention plate 58 is rotated 100 into the retaining position, the curved portion 66 of the retention plate 58 engages the sealing flange 44 and applies a gradually increasing compressive force on the sealing flange 44 and the gasket 94, thus gradually reducing the height of the gasket 94. The gasket compression may be any level of compression that is sufficient to create an air-tight seal between the sealing flange 44 and the sealing face 34. In some embodiments, the gasket 94 may be compressed by approximately 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, or 90 percent. For example, the gasket 94 may be compressed by approximately 50 percent and, and the fully compressed height 106 may be approximately 2 to 10 millimeters or greater. Furthermore, it will be appreciated that the level of compression applied to the gasket is predetermined by the depth 74 of the retention plate 58 and the distance between the hinge 60 and the sealing surface 34.
To release the latch 48 from the retaining position, the user may apply an outward force (e.g., opposite from arrow 100) to the retention plate 58 that overcomes the inward force provided by the resiliency of the gasket 94 and the s-shape of the retention plate 58. Accordingly, as discussed above in relation to
Another embodiment of the latch 48 will be described below with reference to
As shown in
In some embodiments, the pre-filters 124 may be flexible and may not include a sealing flange or gasket for providing an air-tight seal. As such, the pre-filter arms 122 may not compress the pre-filters 124. Rather, the pre-filter arms 122 may simply hold the pre-filters 124 in place against the main filter 24. Accordingly, as shown in
It should be noted that the latch 48 embodiment describe in
Turning now to
As shown in
Turning briefly to
The filter latching system and method described herein provides several advantages. For example, the latch itself is small, simple, easy to fabricate, and therefore inexpensive. Additionally, unlike other filter retention devices, the latching system herein does not include any loose or easily detachable parts, thereby reducing the risk that a part could become free and damage the turbine. Furthermore, the clamping pressure applied to the filter gasket is reliable and repeatable and does not depend on the skill of the installer, because the force applied by the latch depends on the dimensions of the latch itself. Moreover, the filter latch described herein is faster and simpler to operate than other filter retention devices such as those that use bolted connections. The faster, simpler operation of the latch makes the overall filter removal and installation process much faster, particularly when repeated for the dozens or even hundreds of filters in a filter house.
This written description uses examples to disclose the invention, including the best mode, and also to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the invention, including making and using any devices or systems and performing any incorporated methods. The patentable scope of the invention is defined by the claims, and may include other examples that occur to those skilled in the art. Such other examples are intended to be within the scope of the claims if they have structural elements that do not differ from the literal language of the claims, or if they include equivalent structural elements with insubstantial differences from the literal languages of the claims.
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