Bladder blocks pump pulsations

To lessen the pulsations and shock that produced the noise, the outlet of each pump was piped through a suppressor from Wilkes McLean. Suppressors are flow-through devices that decrease the amplitude of fluidborne pulsations by allowing them to impinge against a nitrogen-pressurized bladder. (The pu...

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Published in:Hydraulics & Pneumatics 2002-12, Vol.55 (12), p.39-39
Main Author: Schneider, Richard T
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Bladder
Hydraulic equipment
Pumps
Submarines
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Summary:To lessen the pulsations and shock that produced the noise, the outlet of each pump was piped through a suppressor from Wilkes McLean. Suppressors are flow-through devices that decrease the amplitude of fluidborne pulsations by allowing them to impinge against a nitrogen-pressurized bladder. (The pulsations only have to travel 1/4 in. radially before they contact the bladder.
ISSN:0018-814X
2162-1284