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THE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS OF ACOUSTICS - H. H. Arnold ...

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370 14. Machinery Noise ControlFigure 14.6. A capped pipe which serves to arrest water hammer.14.7 Air CompressorsAir compressors are widely used in industry, and they are identified as a majorsource of noise. Usually driven by a motor or a turbine, these devices are used toelevate the pressure of air or another gas. The noise emission characteristics are afunction of the type of unit. In portable air compressors the driving engine is themajor source of noise rather than the compressor itself.The second largest source is the cooling fan. Compressors are either rotaryor reciprocating. A reciprocating compressor typically generates a strong lowfrequencypulsating noise, the characteristics of which are dependent upon therotational speed and the number of cylinders. In centrifugal compressors the noisegenerated is a function of a number of parameters such as the interaction of the rotatingand stationary vanes, the radial distance between impeller blades and diffuservanes, the rotational speed, the number of stages, the inlet design, the horsepowerinput, turbulence, the molecular weight of the gas undergoing compression, andthe mass flow.As in the case of fans, the blade passage frequency constitutes an importancefrequency component in certain types of compressors. In the diffuser-type machines,the blade-rate component, arising from the movement of one set of bladespast another, is of primary importance. The frequency of this component is found

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