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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2011
Applicant:
John J. Lynch, Wilmington, NC (US);
Inventor:
John J. Lynch, Wilmington, NC (US);
Assignee:
GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC, Wilmington, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C 9/00 (2006.01); F16L 55/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/04 (2013.01);
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.