Acoustic load mitigator
AssigneeGE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
InventorJohn J. LYNCH
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Abstract
A system for reducing an acoustic load of a fluid flow includes a first pipe to carry the fluid flow; a standpipe connected to the first pipe at an opening in the first pipe; and a standpipe flow tripper provided in the standpipe. The flow tripper includes an edge extending through the opening into the flow on a downstream side of the opening. A method of reducing an acoustic load of a standing wave in a standpipe connected to a first pipe configured to carry a flow includes disrupting the flow in the first pipe at a downstream side of an opening in the first pipe to which the standpipe is connected.
Claims13
A method of reducing an acoustic load of a standing wave in a standpipe connected to a first pipe configured to carry a flow, the method comprising:
- disrupting the flow in the first pipe at a downstream side of an opening in the first pipe to which the standpipe is connected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.