Modular pressure pulsation dampener
AssigneeIngersoll-Rand Company
InventorsMichael Lucas, Robert Rodgers
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Abstract
A modular system of pressure pulsation dampeners for use in an air compressor system. A modular pulsation dampener system will include components of various configurations, materials and silencing characteristics. Components may be selected and interconnected to form a silencer having desired physical and pressure pulsation characteristics. The modular system can be utilized with compressed air systems having various configurations. Examples of components that may be included in a modular system include a pipe elbow, straight pipe sections, a flat metal plate with a hole in the center, a perforated tube and various acoustic materials.
Claims14
A modular pulsation damper system comprising:
- a selection of fluidly interconnectable components including at least two components having different physical characteristics and two components having different pulsation dampening characteristics;
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- means for interconnecting at least two of the components to define a pulsation damper assembly having a desired physical configuration and pulsation dampening characteristic.
A method of providing a pulsation damper assembly comprising the steps of:
- providing a selection of fluidly interconnectable components including at least two components having different physical and pressure pulsation dampening characteristics;
- determining a desired physical configuration of the pressure pulsation assembly;
- determining a desired fluctuating pressure pulsation attenuation characteristic of the pulsation assembly;
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- selecting and interconnecting at least two of the components to define a pressure pulsation assembly having the desired physical configuration and pulsation attenuation characteristic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.