Louvered Pipe Shroud Assembly

A method of producing a louvered shrouded pipe section, comprising:

• providing a substantially planar material comprising a surface comprising a plurality of louvered apertures;
• and
• spirally wrapping said material around a substantially tubular pipe section, wherein said pipe section comprises an exterior surface comprising a plurality of orifices disposed thereon, thereby forming a louvered shroud circumferentially around said pipe section;
• wherein:
• at least a portion of an inner surface of said shroud contacts and frictionally engages said exterior surface of said pipe section;
• and
• fluid communication is provided between the exterior of said shroud and an interior of said pipe, via said apertures and said orifices.

A method of producing a louvered shrouded pipe section, comprising:

• providing a substantially tubular shroud comprising a plurality of louvered apertures;
• advancing said shroud over a substantially tubular pipe section, wherein said pipe section comprises an exterior surface comprising a plurality of orifices disposed thereon, thereby forming a louvered shrouded pipe section;
• and
• radially circumferentially compressing said louvered shrouded pipe section by advancing said louvered shrouded pipe section through at least one compression device;
• whereby:
• at least a portion of an inner surface of said shroud contacts and frictionally engages an exterior surface of said pipe section;
• and
• fluid communication is provided between the exterior of said shroud and an interior of said pipe, via said apertures and said orifices.