Hydropneumatic accumulator
AssigneeCommissariat a l'Energie Atomique
InventorsPhilippe Richard, Jean-Charles Papillon, Alain Guyot, Carlo Corbellini
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Abstract
It has an inlet and an outlet, a bag made from a flexible, deformable material insulating the inlet from the outlet, a liquid contained in the bag on the outlet side, a transfer tube with openings on its side wall and closed by an end plug. Diffusers are positioned on the transfer tube with a given spacing, so as to leave a passage for a gas between two successive diffusers, each diffuser comprising a frame externally surrounded by an elastomer ring.
Claims11
A hydropneumatic accumulator with a bag, comprising a body having an inlet and an outlet, a bag made from a flexible, deformable material insulating the inlet from the outlet, a liquid contained in the bag on the outlet side, a tube connected to said inlet with openings on its side wall and closed at its end and a diffuser assembly mounted around the tube, wherein the diffuser assembly is made from a flexible material similar to that of the bag and has openings with a large passage cross-section compared with that of the openings in the tube, and wherein the diffuser assembly is constituted by diffuser rings, mounted on the tube with a given spacing, so as to provide an annular passage for a fluid between two successive rings.
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