Patent ID: 8307855

Claim:
An apparatus for suppressing a pressure spike in a fluid system, the apparatus comprising: a fluid pressure spike suppression (“FPSS”) pipe having a plurality of openings for coupling with a plurality of network pipes in a fluid system, the FPSS pipe comprising a set of gas-filled balloons that are flexible under fluid pressure spikes pressure N, the FPSS pipe having a diameter that is larger than the network pipes within which fluid pressure spikes are to be suppressed, first and second openings of the openings being respectively positioned substantially perpendicular to the FPSS pipe at proximal and distal ends of the FPSS pipe, the first opening for fluid ingress into the FPSS pipe by a first pipe of the network pipes, the second opening for fluid egress from the FPSS pipe via a second pipe of the network pipes, wherein the fluid system carries gas, liquid, or the combination of gas and liquid; wherein one or more of the gas-filled balloons are encapsulated in a retaining mesh, the mesh constraining expansion of the one or more balloons from pressure of gas inside respective ones of the one or more balloons, the retaining mesh allowing for change in the ball pressure without having a volume change and allowing for multiple balls with different pressure levels inside each of them to handle transient pressure event(s).