Patent ID: 8499796

Claim:
A method of stabilizing pressure within a pipe system, the method comprising steps: assembling a pressure-stabilizing pipeline enclosure into a pipeline system, wherein the central pipeline is provided in fluid communication with the pipeline system, wherein the pressure-stabilizing pipeline enclosure comprises a plurality of perforations provided therein, the perforations being spatially arranged through a wall of the central pipeline along a portion of a length of the pipeline enclosure, flowing a fluid through the pipeline system; introducing a pressure wave into the flowing fluid which causes a portion of the fluid to flow through the plurality of perforations and into at least one pressure stabilizing chamber, each at least one pressure stabilizing chamber comprising a sealed member having a pressure control receptacle in fluid communication with the pressure-stabilizing pipeline enclosure, an elastic pressure membrane supported about a peripheral edge in a generally planar configuration creating a tensile spring characteristic, the elastic pressure membrane having a first surface in fluid communication with the pressure control receptacle, and a dampening porous material provided within a chamber formed on an opposite side of said elastic pressure membrane, wherein the dampening porous material is configured supporting an opposite surface of the elastic pressure membrane; increasing a fluid pressure within the pressure control receptacle; and absorbing forces generated by the increase in pressure within the pressure control receptacle, wherein the forces are absorbed by a combination of a tensile force provided by stretching the elastic pressure membrane against the supported peripheral edge thereof and a biasing force applied by the dampening porous material.