System and method for reducing at least one of airflow turbulence and pressure fluctuation proximate a valve

A baffle for directing air within a compressor head, the baffle including:

• a first leg extending substantially parallel to a first valve of the compressor head, the first leg including:
• a first face facing toward the first valve;
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• a second face facing away from the first valve;
• a second leg extending substantially parallel to a second valve of the compressor head, the second leg including:
• a first face facing toward the second valve;
• and
• a second face facing away from the second valve;
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• an aperture in the first leg, along a fluid path before the first valve for the air communicated from the second leg to the first leg along the first faces, a first portion of the air communicated from the second leg to the first leg along the first faces passing the aperture and being communicated to the second face of the first leg past an end of the first leg, and a second portion of the air communicated from the second leg to the first leg along the first faces being communicated to the second face of the first leg via the aperture, communication of the second portion of the air via the aperture reduces at least one of airflow turbulence and pressure fluctuation of the air impacting the first valve.

A method for communicating air within a compressor head, the method comprising:

• receiving air into a first portion of the compressor head via a first valve and a second valve;
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• reducing at least one of airflow turbulence and pressure fluctuation proximate the first valve, including:
• directing the air in the first portion of the compressor head along a fluid path from the second valve toward the first valve;
• directing a first portion of the air from the first portion of the compressor head to a second portion of the compressor head at a first position, along the fluid path, that is beyond a divider between the first portion of the compressor head and the second portion of the compressor head;
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• directing a second portion of the air from the first portion of the compressor head to the second portion of the compressor head at a second position along the fluid path that is proximate the first valve and before the first position by passing the second portion of the air through the divider at the second position.