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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
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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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