Fluid pressure reduction devices
An example fluid pressure reduction device includes a hollow cylinder having an inner surface and an outer surface and a plurality of passageways extending between the inner and outer surfaces. Each passageway delimits an aperture having a cross-sectional area and a wetted perimeter that is greater than a second wetted perimeter of one of a circle-shaped aperture or a rectangle-shaped aperture having the same cross-sectional area as one of the passageways.
1. A fluid pressure reduction device, comprising:
a hollow structure having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the hollow structure comprises a plurality of stacked disks; and
a plurality of passageways extending between the inner and outer surfaces wherein each passageway delimits an aperture having a cross-sectional area and a first wetted perimeter that is greater than a second wetted perimeter of one of a circle-shaped aperture or a rectangle-shaped aperture having the same cross-sectional area as one of the passageways.
2. A fluid pressure reduction device as defined in claim 1 , wherein each of the apertures delimited by the plurality of passageways is formed adjacent one another, and wherein a first one of the apertures is at least one of substantially inverted or substantially offset relative to a second one of the apertures.
3. A fluid pressure reduction device as defined in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the apertures delimited by the plurality of passageways is generally triangular, hexagonal, or dodecagonal.
4. A fluid pressure reduction device as defined in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the apertures delimited by the plurality of passageways has at least one curvilinear edge or side.
5. A fluid pressure reduction device as defined in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the apertures delimited by the plurality of passageways is one of generally crescent-shaped or star-shaped.
6. A fluid pressure reduction device as defined in claim 1 , wherein at least two of the apertures delimited by the plurality of passageways are differently shaped.
7. A fluid pressure reduction device as defined in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the apertures delimited by the plurality of passageways is associated with a valve style modifier factor value that is lower than that of a circle having the same area as the at least one of the apertures.
8. A fluid pressure reduction device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the hollow structure forms a substantially circular cross-sectional shape.