<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The acoustic comfort of a building or house is typically given little or no attention during project planning and design. This study is aimed at quantifying noise pollution from a building technical room. To attain the research specified result, simultaneous measurements were recorded for the gas flow and noise level in the boiler room. The noise levels were recorded for different operation statuses of the boilers (different thermal loads). It was observed that noise level depends on the thermal load: the increase of thermal load is directly proportional to the noise level inside the plant room). Further, the measured values of the noise level were compared with literature predicted values and the maximum limit values from the Romanian norm. These research findings are useful for mechanical design engineers and architects in order to assure the noise protection and fulfill the residents’ expectations.</p></abstract>

The acoustic comfort of a building or house is typically given little or no attention during project planning and design. This study is aimed at quantifying noise pollution from a building technical room. To attain the research specified result, simultaneous measurements were recorded for the gas flow and noise level in the boiler room. The noise levels were recorded for different operation statuses of the boilers (different thermal loads). It was observed that noise level depends on the thermal load: the increase of thermal load is directly proportional to the noise level inside the plant room). Further, the measured values of the noise level were compared with literature predicted values and the maximum limit values from the Romanian norm. These research findings are useful for mechanical design engineers and architects in order to assure the noise protection and fulfill the residents’ expectations.

Experimental Investigation of the Relationship Between Noise Level and Thermal Power Inside the Boiler Plant – Study Case

Technical University of Civil Engineering

Modelling in Civil Environmental Engineering

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The acoustic comfort of a building or house is typically given little or no attention during project planning and design. This study is aimed at quantifying...

Experimental Investigation of the Relationship Between Noise Level and Thermal Power Inside the Boiler Plant – Study Case

Publicado en línea: 20 jun 2019

Páginas: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mmce-2019-0001

Palabras clave
acoustic comfort, noise level, measurements, boiler plant

© 2019 Catalin Bailescu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Experimental Investigation of the Relationship Between Noise Level and Thermal Power Inside the Boiler Plant – Study Case

Publicado en línea: 20 jun 2019

Páginas: 1 - 10

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mmce-2019-0001

Palabras claveacoustic comfort, noise level, measurements, boiler plant

© 2019 Catalin Bailescu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
acoustic comfort, noise level, measurements, boiler plant