How much pressure is in a pulsation dampener?
Andrew Mckinney
Updated on May 27, 2026
Our HP pulsation dampeners: operating pressure: max. 4,400 bar.
What is the purpose of pulsation dampener?
The pulsation dampener serves to reduce pulsation produced in operation and to assure stable discharge flow and pressure. When pulsations occur with pump operation, it will result in the pressure in Chamber B being greater than that in Chamber A.
How is pulsation dampener capacity calculated?
By multiplying the cross sectional area of the piston by the stroke length, we determine the pump displacement per stroke to be 187-mL or 0.187-l. We recommend that the gas pre-charge pressure be set to 80 percent of system pressure.
What is inside a pulsation dampener?
A pulsation dampener is a vessel with pressurized gas inside, normally nitrogen. The initial filling or inflating gas pressure inside the dampener must always be lower than the pressure of the circuit where it is installed. In all pulsation dampeners, the bellows isolate the gas from the circuit liquid.
What is damper pump?
When the liquid pressure falls in the piping system, the pulsation dampeners (also known as pulse dampeners, pulsation dampers, pump inlet stabilisers) supply extra pressure to the discharge between the pump strokes by displacing liquid by means of diaphragm movement. All Pumps recommend Blacoh.
What is a pressure damper?
Pressure relief dampers are backdraft air dampers with an adjustable start-open pressure. This damper is generally used as a safety or controlling device. For example, mounting this damper on a duct section would relieve unexpected overpressure or relieve negative pressure downstream of a rapidly closing fire damper.
What is pulsation in reciprocating pump?
Pressure Pulsations from a Reciprocating Pump It is precisely the fluid volume above mean on the discharge cycle of each stroke, which induces these pressure pulsations into a piping system.