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Flare Noise Prediction

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Flare height Input H ft 200 200 200


Distance from base of flare Input X ft 200 400 700
Distance from acoustical source √ (H²+X²) r ft 282.8 447.2 728.0

Flare gas flowrate Input V mmscfd


Lower heating value Input LHV Btu/scf 1297 1297 1297
OR
Flare gas flowrate Input M lbm/hr 208400 208400 208400
Lower heating value Input LHV Btu/lbm 12153 12153 12153

Calorific value Gas quantity x LHV QBtu Btu/hr 2.53E+09 2.53E+09 2.53E+09
QBtu/3412 QkW kW 742288 742288 742288
Thermoacoustic efficiency Input (1) h - 1E-06 1E-06 1E-06
Acoustic energy of combustion 1000 QkW . h W W 742.3 742.3 742.3
Sound power level 10 Log (W/10-12) PWL dB 148.7 148.7 148.7

Low freq. fall-off curve gradient Input (2) LFO dB/oct. 8.5 8.5 8.5
High freq. fall-off curve gradient Input (3) HFO dB/oct. 2.8 2.8 2.8

Noise spectrum:
PWL @ 31.5 Hz PWL63 - LFO PWL31.5 dB 111.2 111.2 111.2
PWL @ 63 Hz PWL125 - LFO PWL63 dB 119.7 119.7 119.7
PWL @ 125 Hz PWL250 - LFO PWL125 dB 128.2 128.2 128.2
PWL @ 250 Hz PWL500 - LFO PWL250 dB 136.7 136.7 136.7
PWL @ 500 Hz (See Note 4) PWL500 dB 145.2 145.2 145.2
PWL @ 1000 Hz PWL500 - HFO PWL1000 dB 142.4 142.4 142.4
PWL @ 2000 Hz PWL1000 - HFO PWL2000 dB 139.6 139.6 139.6
PWL @ 4000 Hz PWL2000 - HFO PWL4000 dB 136.8 136.8 136.8
PWL @ 8000 Hz PWL4000 - HFO PWL8000 dB 134.0 134.0 134.0
PWL @ 16000 Hz PWL8000 - HFO PWL16000 dB 131.2 131.2 131.2

Calculated sound power level Log sum (PWLi) (7) PWLcalc dB 148.7 148.7 148.7

Sound pressure levels:


SPL @ 31.5 Hz PWL31.5 -20Log(r)-0.5 SPL31.5 dB 61.7 57.7 53.5
SPL @ 63 Hz PWL63 -20Log(r)-0.5 SPL63 dB 70.2 66.2 62.0
SPL @ 125 Hz PWL125 -20Log(r)-0.5 SPL125 dB 78.7 74.7 70.5
SPL @ 250 Hz PWL250 -20Log(r)-0.5 SPL250 dB 87.2 83.2 79.0
SPL @ 500 Hz PWL500 -20Log(r)-0.5 SPL500 dB 95.7 91.7 87.5
SPL @ 1000 Hz PWL1000 -20Log(r)-0.5 SPL1000 dB 92.9 88.9 84.7
SPL @ 2000 Hz PWL2000 -20Log(r)-0.5 SPL2000 dB 90.1 86.1 81.9
SPL @ 4000 Hz PWL4000 -20Log(r)-0.5 SPL4000 dB 87.3 83.3 79.1
SPL @ 8000 Hz PWL8000 -20Log(r)-0.5 SPL8000 dB 84.5 80.5 76.3
Flare Noise Prediction

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SPL @ 16000 Hz PWL16000-20Log(r)-0.5 SPL16000 dB 81.7 77.7 73.5

A-Weighted correction factor: (See Note 5)


A @ 31.5 Hz A31.5 dB -39 -39 -39
A @ 63 Hz A63 dB -26 -26 -26
A @ 125 Hz A125 dB -16 -16 -16
A @ 250 Hz A250 dB -9 -9 -9
A @ 500 Hz A500 dB -3 -3 -3
A @ 1000 Hz A1000 dB 0 0 0
A @ 2000 Hz A2000 dB 1 1 1
A @ 4000 Hz A4000 dB 1 1 1
A @ 8000 Hz A8000 dB -1 -1 -1
A @ 16000 Hz A16000 dB -6.6 -6.6 -6.6

A-weighted SPL:
SPLA @ 31.5 Hz SPL31.5 - A31.5 SPLA31.5 dB(A) 22.7 18.7 14.5
SPLA @ 63 Hz SPL63 - A63 SPLA63 dB(A) 44.2 40.2 36.0
SPLA @ 125 Hz SPL125 - A125 SPLA125 dB(A) 62.7 58.7 54.5
SPLA @ 250 Hz SPL250 - A250 SPLA250 dB(A) 78.2 74.2 70.0
SPLA @ 500 Hz SPL500 - A500 SPLA500 dB(A) 92.7 88.7 84.5
SPLA @ 1000 Hz SPL1000 - A1000 SPLA1000 dB(A) 92.9 88.9 84.7
SPLA @ 2000 Hz SPL2000 - A2000 SPLA2000 dB(A) 91.1 87.1 82.9
SPLA @ 4000 Hz SPL4000 - A4000 SPLA4000 dB(A) 88.3 84.3 80.1
SPLA @ 8000 Hz SPL8000 - A8000 SPLA8000 dB(A) 83.5 79.5 75.3
SPLA @ 16000 Hz SPL16000 - A16000 SPLA16000 dB(A) 75.1 71.1 66.9

Total noise level Log sum (SPLAi) (8) SPLA dB(A) 97.9 93.9 89.6

Reference … N.D. Narasimhan, "Predict flare noise", Hydrocarbon Processing, April 1986.

Notes:
1. A typical value (from the Reference) is 1 x 10 -6
2. A typical value (from the Reference) is 8.5 dB/octave
3. A typical value (from the Reference) is 2.8 dB/octave
4. Value is iterated until PWLcalc = PWL
5. From Table 4 of the Reference.
6. Subscript i refers to the centre frequency of the respective octave.
7. PWLcalc = 10 log [ S 10PWLi/10 ]
8. SPLA = 10 log [ S 10SPLAi/10 ]
Flare Noise Prediction

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