Originally Posted by leathermang

Funola, You should know that MB , or the English , do not necessarily use the same nomenclature that we do over here.... so the use of Google for a definition which may have suffered from translation in the first place means it is not definitive.
It can be an accumulator without being a replacement for a receiver dryer...
Is his system an orifice system ?
These types of things are also put on air compressors ... for reducing the noise level .. but an accumulator could be for the purpose of isolating pulses/ vibration from a component downstream ...