Gas Turbine Handbook : Principles and Practices

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Appendix C-14
Resume: Elden F. Ray Jr., P.E.
Mr. Ray is a Professional Engineer having over 20 years experience
in acoustical design, noise control and analyses, product design
and development, testing and analyses of equipment including industrial
sites and power plants. In addition, Mr. Ray has over ten years
experience in the construction industry. Mr. Ray is Board Certified
by INCE, a national and international professional organization that
is made up of noise control and acoustical professionals across industry.
Mr. Ray has over eight years direct experience working with
combustion turbine noise control and inlet and exhaust system aerodynamics
including the design of inlet and exhaust system silencers.
He computer models industrial and power plant sites and performs
acoustical analysis of such sites using Cadna A®, and other in-house
developed computer models to determine the necessary noise controls
to bring a site into compliance with regulatory requirements or to be
compatible with the existing acoustical environment. He performs
certification surveys for compliance, environmental sound surveys,
and assesses community – environmental noise impacts.
Mr. Ray’s experience includes over ten years in machinery noise
control and analyses on military ships and systems including steam
turbines, generators, propulsion systems, electronic control systems,
and other mechanical and fluid control systems, and has several
years experience with jet engine nacelle acoustical design and testing.
His degrees in engineering and architecture, and construction
and mechanical systems experiences give him unique qualifications
in designing for noise control or mitigation applications and works to
achieve cost effective solutions.
Publications:
“Measurement Uncertainty in Conducting Environmental Sound
Level Measurements,” Noise Control Eng. J. Vol. 48, No. 1 (Jan-Feb
2000)