Diffuser (breathing set part)

Diffuser (breathing set part)

A diffuser is a device fitted over an underwater breathing set's exhaust hole to break up the resulting bubbles small so they will not be seen from out of the water, and make less noise (see acoustic signature). They are used in:

Designing an adequate diffuser on a rebreather is much easier than on open-circuit scuba.

A system was shown on a Discovery Channel documentary about diving with hammerhead sharks at Cocos Island, Costa Rica. Eddie Paul designed—and in the early 1990s underwater photographers John McKenney and Marty Snyderman tested—a system they called the "scuba muffler", for open-circuit scuba. This system had two large filter stones on the back of the tank with a hose connected to the exhaust ports of the second stage regulator. The two filter stones were mounted on a hinged arm to float 1 to 2 feet (30 to 60 cm) above the diver, to set up a depth-pressure-differential suction effect to counteract the extra exhalation pressure needed to breathe out through the diffuser. The scuba muffler cut the exhalation noise by 90%. Closed circuit rebreathers proved more useful in letting divers get near sharks.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Chapple, JCB; Eaton, David J. "Development of the Canadian Underwater Mine Apparatus and the CUMA Mine Countermeasures dive system.". Defence R&D Canada Technical Report (Defence R&D Canada) (DCIEM 92-06). http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/7981. Retrieved 2009-03-31. , section 1.2.a
  2. ^ JJ Luczkovich and MW Sprague (2003). "Noisy Fish and even Louder Divers: Recording Fish Sounds Underwater, with some Problems and Solutions using Hydrophones, Sonobuoys, Divers, Underwater Video and ROVs.". In: SF Norton (ed). 2003. Diving for Science...2003. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Scientific Diving Symposium (American Academy of Underwater Sciences.). http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/4751. Retrieved 2009-03-31. 
  3. ^ "Customs By Eddie Paul". E.P. Industries. 23 May 2007. http://www.deadlinetv.net/studio.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-23.  – Section "Documentaries".
  4. ^ De Maddalena, Alessandro; Buttigieg, Alex (2006). "The Social Lives of Hammerheads". The World & I Online. http://www.worldandi.com/subscribers/feature_detail.asp?num=25044. Retrieved 2009-09-23. 

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