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Air Conditioning Clinic F undamentals of HV A C A coustics One of the Fu ndamen tal Ser ie s TR G-TRC007 -EN ...
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F undamentals of HV A C A coustics One of the Fu ndamen tal Ser ies A publication of T rane, an American Standard Compan y F undamentals of HV A C ...
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Pr ef ace © 20 01 American Sta ndard In c. All ri ghts reser ved TRG-TRC007 -EN ii T rane belie ves that it is incu mbent on man ufacturers to se rve the indus try by regularly dis seminating informatio n gathe red through laboratory rese arc h, testing prog r ams, and fie ld experience. The T r ane Ai r Conditionin g Clinic se ries is one means o ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 1 note s period on e F undamentals of Sound P eople have become increasing ly conscious of a coustics as a comp onent of a comfor table environ ment. Sound levels, both indoor and ou tdoor , can be aff ected to varying degre es by HV A C equipment and systems. The degree to whic h the HV AC system affe cts the s ound at a par ticula ...
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2 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od one F undamentals of Sound What is S ound? S ound is the aud ible emissi ons resulting from the vibration of mol ecules within an elastic me dium. It is g enerated by either a vi brating surfac e or the move ment of a fluid. In the c ontext of bui lding HV AC s ystems, this elastic medium can be either air or the bui ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 3 peri od o ne F undamentals of Sound note s Airborne soun d is transm it ted aw ay from a vibrating body through th e transfer of energ y from one air molec ule to the nex t. The vibratin g body a lternately compre sses and rar efies (expands) the air molecule s. T he press ure flu ctuations that result f rom the dis placement of t ...
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4 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od one F undamentals of Sound The w aveleng th of the sound is the linear measureme nt of one complete cycle. The w avelength a nd frequen cy of a sou nd are rela ted by usin g the following equation: The spee d of sound tra nsmission is a ph ysical proper ty of the medium . F or air , the spee d varies sli ghtly with t ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 5 peri od o ne F undamentals of Sound note s The w ave form s hown in Fig ure 5 represents soun d occur ring at a singl e frequency . This is calle d a pure tone . A pure sinusoidal wave form, however , is very rare in HV AC acous tics. T ypically , sounds a re of a broadband n ature, meaning that the sound is c omposed of several f ...
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6 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od one F undamentals of Sound Again , a pure tone has a s ingle frequen cy . If a so und in a nar row band of frequencie s is significantly greater than the sound at a djacent freque ncies, it would be similar to a to ne. T ones that st and out enoug h from the bac kground sound ca n be objec tionable. Man y of the soun ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 7 peri od o ne F undamentals of Sound note s Octave bands com press the range of frequencies be tween the upper and lo wer ends of th e band into a single value. S ound measured in a n octave ba nd is the loga rithmic sum of the so und level at eac h of the freque ncies within the ba nd. Unfor tunately , octave band s do not indicat ...
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8 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od one F undamentals of Sound Middle groun d between octave-b and ana lysis and full-spectrum analysis is provide d by one-third octave-band analys is. One-third octav e bands divide the full oc taves into th irds. The upper cutof f frequency of ea c h third octave is greater than the lower cutof f frequency by a factor ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 9 peri od o ne F undamentals of Sound note s S ound P ow er and Soun d P ressur e S ound power a nd sound press ure are two dis tinct and comm only confused c haracteristics o f sound. Both are genera lly described us ing the term d ecibel (dB), an d the term “so und level” is commonly substitute d for eac h. T o understand ho w ...
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10 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od one F undamentals of Sound The foll owing compariso n of sound a nd light may help illu strate the d istinction between these two proper ties. Think of sou nd power as the wat tage rating o f a light bu lb. Both mea sure a fixed amount of energ y . Wh ether you put a 1 0 0-w att light bulb o utdoor s or in a cl oset ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 11 peri od o ne F undamentals of Sound note s S ounds enc ompass a w ide range o f vol umes, or levels. Th e loudest s ound the human ear c an hear wi thout damage due to prol onged exposure is a bout 1,0 0 0,0 0 0,0 0 0 t imes greater than th e quietest perceptible sound. A range o f this magnit ude makes using an arithmetic scal e ...
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12 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od one F undamentals of Sound A logarithm is the exponent power of the base. In this case, the base is ten. For example, the log 10 of 1 0 (or 1 0 1 ) equals 1, the lo g 10 of 1 0 0 (or 1 0 2 ) equ als 2, and the log 10 o f 1, 000 , 000 , 000 ( o r 1 0 9 ) equa ls 9. As mentione d earlier , the loudest sou nd the human ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 13 peri od o ne F undamentals of Sound note s When a refere nce value is established an d placed in the denominator of the ratio, the dB can be calculated for any value e ntered into the numerator . The referenc e value us ed for calc ulating sound -power leve l is 1 pico wat t (pW), or 1 0 -12 wat ts. Therefore, so und-power lev el ...
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14 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od one F undamentals of Sound Again , these reference values can be considered the threshold of hearing. The multiplier 20 is used in the sound-pressure level e quation instead of 1 0 becaus e sound pow er is propor tional to the squ are of sound press ure. Measuring sound u sing a log arithmic scale mea ns that d ecib ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 15 note s The study of acoustic s is af fected by the re sponse of the human ear to s ound pressure. Unlike electronic s ound-measu r ing equip ment, wh ic h provides a repeatable , unbiased a nalysis of so und pressure , the sensi tivity of the human ear va ries by fre quency an d magnitu de. Our ears are also at tac hed to a high ...
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16 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od t w o Sound P erc eption and Rating Methods The s ensation of loudness is principally a function of sound pres sure, h owever , it also de pends upon frequency . As a selec ti ve sensory o rga n, the human ear is more s ensitive to high freq uencies th an to low frequ encies. Also, the ear ’ s sensitivity at a par ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 17 peri od t w o Sound P erc eption and Rating Methods note s Additionally , tones evo ke a partic ularly strong response. R ecall that a ton e is a sound th at occur s at a s ingle frequenc y . Chalk sque aking on a blac kboard, for example , produces a tone that is extremel y ir ritating to ma ny peo ple. Single-Number Rati ng Met ...
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18 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od t w o Sound P erc eption and Rating Methods shal l be X ,” where X is a sing le-number des criptor co nvey ing the desi red quality of s ound. The most fr equently used singl e-number des criptors are the A-weig hting network, n oise criteria (NC), and room criteria (R C). All three sha re a common problem, how ev ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 19 peri od t w o Sound P erc eption and Rating Methods note s The follow ing step s describe how to ca lculate an A-w eighted va lue. 1 Star ting with the actual soun d-pressure levels for the eight octa ve bands, add or subt ract the d ecibel val ues represen ted by the A-w eighting curve shown in Figure 23. T hese weig hting facto ...
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20 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od t w o Sound P erc eption and Rating Methods A-weighting is of ten used to define s ound in o utdoor en vironments. For example, local sound ordinances typically regulate dBA levels at property line s. Hearing-relate d safety st andards, writ ten by org anizations suc h as the Occupational Safety and Heal th Administ ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 21 peri od t w o Sound P erc eption and Rating Methods note s Noise criteria (NC) curve s are prob ably the most c ommon singl e-number descriptor u sed to rate s ound-pressu re level s in indoor en vironments. Like the equal-loudn ess contours on whic h they are based, the loudness along eac h NC curve is about the sa me. Eac h NC ...
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22 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od t w o Sound P erc eption and Rating Methods The follow ing step s describe how to calcu late an NC rating. 1 Plot the oc tave-band s ound-pressure levels on the NC c har t. 2 The highest curve crossed by the plotted data determ ines the NC rating. Although the N C curves are popula r and easy to use, they do have a ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 23 peri od t w o Sound P erc eption and Rating Methods note s Room criteria (RC) curves are s imilar to NC c urves in tha t they are used to provide a rating for sound-press ure levels in i ndoor environ ments. The m ajor dif ference is that RC curv es give an additio nal indicati on of sound c haracter . As discussed i n the previo ...
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24 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od t w o Sound P erc eption and Rating Methods The follow ing step s describe how to determine an RC rating. 1 Plot the oc tave-band s ound-pressure levels on the RC c hart. 2 Determine the SIL by calc ulating the a rithmetic ave rage of the s ound- pressure l evels in the 50 0 Hz, 1,0 0 0 Hz, an d 2,0 0 0 Hz octave ba ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 25 peri od t w o Sound P erc eption and Rating Methods note s n P erceptible v ibration (R V): The sound level in the octave ban ds between 16 Hz a nd 63 Hz fa lls in the s haded regions ( A and B ). These reg ions indica te sound-pressure le vels at wh ic h walls and ceilings can vibrate perceptibly—ra ttling cabinet doors, pictu ...
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26 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od t w o Sound P erc eption and Rating Methods If we plot the acoustical dat a for our example of fice sp ace on the RC cha rt, we find that it re sults i n a rating of RC-3 1(R). The SIL is 31 and the sound-p ressure levels i n the 63 Hz and 1 2 5 Hz oc tave ban ds are abo ve line D , indic ating a rumble c haracte ri ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 27 peri od t w o Sound P erc eption and Rating Methods note s The phon is another descriptor used to indicate loudness with a single number . The loudne ss of a sound, ex pressed in p hons, is e qual to the s ound- pressu re level of a standard sound, at 1 ,0 0 0 Hz, that is co nsidered eq ually loud. F or example, a sound pressure ...
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28 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od t w o Sound P erc eption and Rating Methods Octav e-Band Rating Method A more usefu l method of rati ng sound lev el is to use the octav e bands discuss ed earl ier . While oct ave-band dat a is not as simple to interpret as a single-num ber rating, it provide s muc h more information about the c haracter of the sou ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 29 note s period thr ee A coustical Analysis The primary acoustical desig n goal for an HV AC sy stem is to ac hieve a bac kground noise level that is q uiet enough s o that it does not inte rfere with the activity requi rements of the space an d is not obtrusive in sound quality . What is c onsidered “a cceptable ” varies dram ...
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30 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s period thre e A coustical Analysis Set ti ng a Desi gn Goal The first ste p of an acou stical des ign is to qua ntify the goa l. P eriod T wo introduced sev eral single- number descriptors that designers commonly use to define th e acoustical design g oal for a space. Ea c h descriptor has its advan tages its and dr awbac k ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 31 period thre e A coustical Analysis note s When defini ng the acoustical des ign goal for an outdoor enviro nment, to mee t a local noise ordi nance for example, the A-weighted scale is typically used. This generally takes the form of a maxim um A-we ighted sound-pressure level a t the lot line of th e proper ty . More-sophis tica ...
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32 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s period thre e A coustical Analysis S ource–P ath–Receiv er Analysis Ac hieving th e desire d acoustic al c haracteri stics in a space, h owever , r equires more than s electing an appropriate s ingle-number de scriptor . Includi ng a single-num ber descripto r in a HV AC system sp ecification means that someone must per ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 33 period thre e A coustical Analysis note s Pr edicting the sound l evel in a given s pace require s making a model o f the syste m. A source–path–receiver model pr ovides a systematic approac h to predict the acoustica l c haracteristics in a space. As the n ame sugges ts, this modeling m ethod traces sound from the source to ...
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34 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s period thre e A coustical Analysis The w ork, a nd ar t, of an acoustical ana lysis is in identifying and quantifying the various pa ths that sou nd travels from the source to the receiver . There are primarily three dif ferent types of sound p aths. n Airborne: This is a path where soun d travels wi th, or ag ainst, the di ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 35 period thre e A coustical Analysis note s S ound can trav el between a single s ource and th e receiver along on e or multiple pa ths. In the case of an air -cooled c hiller sit ting on the roof of a building, and a re ceiver locate d acros s a park ing lot at the ed ge of the proper ty , sound trave ls along on ly one p ath. Ano ...
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36 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s period thre e A coustical Analysis 1 Supply airbo r ne through th e supply du ctwork and diffus ers and into the spac e 2 Supply break out as the sound travels through t he walls of th e supply ductwork , through the c eiling tile, a nd into the sp ace 3 R eturn airborne thro ugh the air -handler intake, return ductw ork an ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 37 period thre e A coustical Analysis note s S ound- P ath Modeling When all the paths have been i dentified, the y can be individually mod eled to determine th e contribution of eac h to the tota l sound heard by the receiver . S ound-path mod eling st udies how sound from a source c hanges on its w ay to a receiver . Th e pieces t ...
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38 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s period thre e A coustical Analysis As mentione d previously , the total sound hea rd by the receiver is the su m of sounds fro m multiple so urces, following mu ltiple paths. Af ter eac h path is modeled to determine its contributi on to the sou nd-pressure l evel at the receiver locatio n, the paths must be sum med to comp ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 39 period thre e A coustical Analysis note s Theoret ical eq uations aid the analy sis of so me path elements, bu t predicti on equations based on test d ata an d experience prevail . F or example, an acoustical lab m ay have measured the at tenuation and regenerated sound fro m a numbe r of dif ferent types of duct elbows at variou ...
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40 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s period thre e A coustical Analysis S olving thes e algorithms m a nually ca n be tedious and time consumin g, especia lly when o ne or more p aths need f ur ther at tenuation and the calculations have to be repeated. F ortuna tely , computer sof tware tools are available to spare an alysts from the calcula tion-intensive eq ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 41 period thre e A coustical Analysis note s T erms Used in S ound-P ath Model ing This sec tion introd uces sev eral terms tha t are fairly sp ecific to th e science of acoustic s. At tenuation refers to the r eduction in sound le vel as sou nd travels along the path from a s ource to a re ceiver . It is typicall y used to refer to ...
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42 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s period thre e A coustical Analysis The tot al sound en ergy that stri kes a surface (W i ) is either reflec ted (W r ), abs orbe d by t he m ater ial ( W a ), or t r ansmit ted through the material (W t ). A material provides a bar rier to the i ncident so und energy (W i ) when it reduces the amount of s ound energy that i ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 43 period thre e A coustical Analysis note s The ability of a material to reduce transmit ted sound is mos t commonly refer r ed to in te rms of its ins er tion loss, noise reduc tion, or tran smission loss. Inser tion loss and noise reduction are both based on actua l sound-pressure measureme nts and are exp ressed in te rms of dB ...
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44 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s period thre e A coustical Analysis Absorptive material s work by c onve rting a c oustical energy into heat ene rgy . The abso r bed ener gy (W a ) is the p or tion of the inc ident sound energy (W i ) that is ne ither transmit ted through the material nor reflected of f the material. The abso r ptivity of a mate rial depen ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 45 period thre e A coustical Analysis note s Finally , som e of the i ncident sou nd energ y (W i ) bounces of f of (or is reflected from) the mate rial. R eflected sound beco mes espe cially impor tant when the sound so urce and the receiver are loc ated in the same room. Consider a mec hanical equipment roo m that co ntains a w at ...
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46 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s period thre e A coustical Analysis Receiv er sound correction , als o called r oom effec t , is the re lationship between the sound en erg y (sound power) e ntering the room and the sound pressure a t a given point in th e room where the receiver he ars the sound. This re duction in s ound is due to a combin ation of ef fec ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 47 note s period f our Equipment Sound Rating As explain ed in P eriod One, sound pressure can be directly measured, however , sound power cannot. Bec ause sou nd pressure i s influence d by the sur roundings, the most accurat e sound data that can be provi ded for a piece of equipment is sound power . S ound-power level s are deter ...
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48 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od four Equipment Sound Rating Fields o f Measurement T o m easure sound pressure correc tly , it is im portant to understand the behavior of sound i n various en vironmen ts, or fields . In theory , a free field is a homoge neous, isotropic me dium that is free from boundaries . In pract ice, an example of a free fiel ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 49 peri od four Equipment Sound Rating note s This type of relationship betwe en distance and s urface area p rovid es the following simple m athematica l model for es timating how sound will c hange as the di stance from th e source increase s. L p2 = L p1 - 20 lo g 10 [r 2 / r 1 ] where, L p2 = sou nd-pressure le vel at dist ance ...
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50 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od four Equipment Sound Rating In practic e, this equa tion is com m only used to determine how loud a piece of equipment will be at a given distanc e. F or exampl e, the manufa cturer of a n air - cooled c hille r lists the s ound-pressu re level of the chi ller as 95 dB at a distance of 30 ft (9.1 m) from the c hille ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 51 peri od four Equipment Sound Rating note s The near field is an area adjacent to the source w here soun d does n ot behave as it wo uld in a f ree field. Mos t sound sou rces, including all HV AC equip ment, do not ra diate sound in perfectly spherical w aves. This is due to the ir regular shape of the equipmen t and differe nt m ...
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52 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od four Equipment Sound Rating A reve rberant f ield is nearly the opposite of a free field. Reve rberant fields exist in rooms with reflective walls, floors, and ceilings. When a sound source is placed in an enclosed room, the so und wave s from the s ource bounce bac k an d for th betwee n the reflective w alls many ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 53 peri od four Equipment Sound Rating note s Most rooms in buildings a re somewhere between a free field and a reverberant fiel d enviro nmen t. Cal led a semire ver berant field , these spa c es have some c haracteristic s of both free field and reverberant fiel d env ironments. The walls, floor , and ceili ng preven t the sound f ...
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54 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od four Equipment Sound Rating HV A C Equ ipment S ound Rating As mentione d earlier , becau se sound pressure is influence d by the sur roundings, of ten the best w ay for an equip ment manufac turer to pro vide sound dat a is to provide s ound-power le vels. S ound-power le vels fo r man y types of HV AC equip ment a ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 55 peri od four Equipment Sound Rating note s The mos t common te st method for HV AC equipment is the rev erberant-room method . The objective of a reverberan t room is to create a uniform, or dif fuse, sound fiel d by reflectin g and mixing the sound w aves. T he wa lls, floor , an d ceiling of the reverberant room are hard, in or ...
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56 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od four Equipment Sound Rating The free-field method is comm only used fo r HV AC equip ment that is too large to be tested in a reverberant room. This includes water c hiller s, cool ing towers, and the outdoor sound from pa c k aged roof top air conditioners and air -cooled conden sers. This type of equipment is plac ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 57 peri od four Equipment Sound Rating note s Forma l standards are writ ten by indu stry organizati ons to promote unifo rmity of data betw een dif ferent manufacturers. Air -Conditioning & R efrigeration Institute (ARI), the Air Movement and Control Association Interna tional (AMCA), and the Ame rican S ociety o f Heating, R e ...
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58 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od four Equipment Sound Rating One of the best e xamples to dem onstrate the com plexity of gathering complete and acc urate sound d ata is air -handling equipm ent. This in volves a ny typ e of HV AC equ ipment that c ontains a fa n and is us ed to condi tion and mo ve air through a duc t system. Consider tha t eac h ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 59 peri od four Equipment Sound Rating note s In order to isolate these dif ferent paths, the air handler must be teste d using a number of differe nt configurations. F or example, to determine the portion of the sou nd that is dis c harged with the air into the s upply ductw ork, the air handler is installed outsid e of the reverbe ...
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60 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od four Equipment Sound Rating Historically , there have been s everal metho ds used to generate sound data fo r air ha ndli ng eq uipm ent . Though inc reasingly le ss commo n, there ar e still cases where fan-s ound levels are based on prediction equation s suc h as the generic fan algorithm publi shed long ago by AS ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 61 peri od four Equipment Sound Rating note s The objective of ARI Standard 260–200 1, Soun d Rating of Ducted Air Moving and Conditioning Equipme nt , is to deli ver sound data that accurately represents the acous tical impa ct of the air -handling equipm ent af ter it is installed. This sta ndard uses the reverbe rant-room metho ...
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62 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od four Equipment Sound Rating Depending o n the type of equipmen t, sound rating s for HV AC e quipment are typically given as sound-p ower levels by octave ba nd or as a single dBA ra ting. Outdoor eq uipment, suc h as an air -cooled c hiller or conde nsing unit, m ay be rated in terms of A-weighte d sound-pres sure ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 63 note s W e will now r eview th e main con cepts that w ere co vered in this clinic on t he fundamenta ls of HV AC acous tics. P eriod One explained some of the basic concepts of s ound. S ound is the audible em issions resulting from the vi bration of molec ules with in an elasti c medium. It is generated at many dif ferent frequ ...
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64 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od five Review P eriod T wo di scussed how the hum an ear perceives sound. As a selective sensory organ, th e human ear i s more sens itive to high frequen cies than to low frequ encies. The se nsitivity of the human ear at a par ticular fre quency also c hanges with loudnes s. Man y single-num ber rating sys tems have ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 65 peri od five Review note s P eriod Three wal ked through the step s of an acoustica l analysis , inclu ding set ting the des ign target for the indoor or outdoo r environment, an d performing a s ource–path –receiver analys is. This m ethod of anal ysis traces sound from t he source to the location where we want t o predict t ...
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66 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s peri od five Review P e riod Four int roduced two common meth ods used by HV AC equipment manufactu rers to provid e accurate sound data. Because sound press ure is influence d by the sur roundings, t he most useful soun d data th at can be provide d for most pieces of equipment is sound pow er . S ound-power level s are de ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 67 peri od five Review note s For m ore information, r efer to the following reference s: n Acoustics in Air Condition ing Applicatio ns Engineerin g Manual (T rane literature order number FND-AM-5) n T rane Acoustic s Pr ogram (T AP™) n A SHRAE Handbook – Funda mentals (c hapter 7 , 20 0 1) n A SHRAE Handbook – Applications ( ...
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68 TRG-TRC007 -EN Questions f or P eriod 1 1 What unit of measure is used to describ e frequency? 2 Define a ton e. 3 S ound _____ __ (power o r pressure) is what our ea rs hear and is influenced by the su rroundings. Questions f or P eriod 2 4 Whic h of thes e two s ingle-number descriptors, A-weighted soun d pressure level or N oise Criteria (NC) ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 69 Quiz note s Questions f or P eriod 3 7 T rue or Fals e: Sound can only travel from a source to the receiver along one path. 8 T rue or Fa lse: One piece of HV AC equipme nt may contain s everal soun d source s. 9 What term is used to describe the reduc tion in sound that enters a room as it travels to the receiver? It is influenc ...
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70 TRG-TRC007 -EN 1 Hertz (cycle s per seco nd) 2 A sound at a single freq uency . A sound at a nar row band of freque ncies that is s ignificantly greater than the sound a t adjacent f r equenci es wou ld be simila r to a tone. 3 S ound pressu re 4 A-weighted sound-press ure level is bet ter for describin g outdoor sound 5 Noise Criteria rating is ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 71 abso rbed sound S ound energ y that strikes a material and is con ver ted from sound ene rgy to h eat energ y within the ma terial. absor ption coef ficient The ratio of the soun d energy absorbed by the material to the t otal sound e nergy in cident upon the surfa ce of that ma terial. AMCA Air Mo vement an d Control Associat io ...
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72 TRG-TRC007 -EN Glossary her tz (Hz) The unit of mea s ure for frequen c y . One her tz is equal to one cycle per seco nd. inser tion loss (IL) The diffe rence in sound pres sure measu red in a sing le locat ion, with and without a noise co ntrol devi ce (installe d between the source and receiver) in p lace. near field The area a djacent to the ...
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TRG-TR C0 07-EN 73 Glossary reverberant fie ld A uniform, or d iffuse , sound fiel d that is the opposite of a free field. In a perfectly reverberant field, the so und-pressure level is equal at all points. reverberant room A speciall y constructe d room with reflec tive walls, flo ors, and ceili ngs. When a sound sourc e is plac ed in this room , ...
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74 TRG-TRC007 -EN note s Glossary the receiver , and ev erything it encounters as it travels along the w ay , constitute s the path. t one A sound in a single fre quency . A sound in a nar row band of frequ encies that is significan tly greater than the sound at adjacent freque ncies wou ld be similar to a tone. tra nsmit ted sound The sound tha t ...
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Tr a n e An Ame rican S tandard Compan y www. trane.com For more infor matio n co ntact your local district office or e-mail us at comfor t@trane.co m Literature Or der Number TRG-TRC007 -EN File Number E/A V -FND-TRG-TRC007 -1 1 01 -EN Supersedes New Stoc king Lo cation La Cr osse Sinc e T rane has a po licy o f cont inuous produc t and product da ...
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