US 11,815,198 B2
Resonator for a pressurized fluid system
Dustin Smith, Houston, TX (US); and John Burgess, Cypress, TX (US)
Assigned to Smith & Burgess Process Safety Consulting, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Smith & Burgess Process Safety Consulting, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/689,323.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/771,977, filed on Nov. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0166169 A1, May 28, 2020
Int. Cl. F16L 55/033 (2006.01); G10K 11/172 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 55/033 (2013.01) [G10K 11/172 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A resonator for a pressurized fluid system, comprising:
a first chamber comprising an inlet and an outlet;
a second chamber comprising an inlet, an outlet, and a filter port, wherein the inlet of the second chamber is in fluid communication with the outlet of the first chamber;
a third chamber comprising an inlet and an outlet, wherein the inlet of the third chamber is in fluid communication with the outlet of the second chamber, and wherein the outlet of the third chamber is configured to be in fluid communication with a pressure relief device comprising a safety valve; and
a fourth chamber encompassing the second chamber and in fluid communication with the second chamber by the filter port;
wherein the filter port has a diameter of about 0.25 inches to about 8 inches; and
wherein the resonator is configured to attenuate greater than 70% of an acoustic energy having a frequency in a range from about 1 Hz to about 500 Hz.