Hydrodynamic Noise - IEC 60534-8-4: 2015 TAG: IEC Ex 1&2 US units

Mass Flow
Process Parameters Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4
Mass flow lbm/h m_dot..1 238099 317465
Inlet pressure (absolute) psiA P_1..1 145.038 145.038
Pressure drop psi DELTA_P..1 29 50.76
Density of liquid lbm/ft3 RHO_1..1 62.241 62.241
Vapor pressure (absolute) psiA P_V..1 0.337 0.337
Speed of sound in liquid ft/s c_1..1 4593.2 =========> =========> =========>
Pipe/Valve Parameters
Flow coefficient (Kv or Cv) Cv C_..1 90 90
Liquid pressure recovery factor F_L..1 0.92 0.92
Valve style modifier F_D..1 0.42 0.42
Differential pressure ratio of incipient cavitation * x_Fz..1 UCV UCV UCV UCV
Valve correction - accoustic efficiency, Ah A_ETA..1 -4.6 =========> =========> =========>
Valve Size inch D_..1 3.94 =========> =========> =========>
Seat or Orifice Diameter inch d_o..1 3.94 =========> =========> =========>
Outlet pipe internal diameter inch D_i..1 4.22 =========> =========> =========>
Outlet pipe wall thickness inch t_s..1 0.142 =========> =========> =========>
Speed of sound in pipe** ft/s C_S..1 16400 =========> =========> =========>
Density of pipe material*** lbm/ft3 RHO_S..1 487 =========> =========> =========>
Calculated results
Outlet velocity ft/s 12.55 16.74
Sound pressure level dB(A) 65.4 81.6
Auto filled based on Flag # Data input
Final results
Calculations based on IEC 60534-8-4: 2015

Lines 5 through 24, Columns D through G are automatically flled trom Columns S through V of the UI (User

Process and valve parameters Units Name Case 1

Mass Flow Rate kg/s m_dot..D 30.00
Inlet pressure Pa P_1..D 1000002
Pressure drop Pa DELTA_P..D 199948
Outlet pressure Pa P_2..D 800054
Density of liquid kg/m^3 RHO_1..D 997.0
Vapor pressure Pa P_V..D 2324
speed of Sound in Liquid m/s c_1..D 1400

Valve Flow Coefficient C_..D 90

Liquid pressure recovery factor F_L..D 0.92
Valve Style Modifier F_d..D 0.42
Differential pressure ratio of incipient cavitation x_Fz..D UCV
Valve correction factor for acoustic efficiency, Ah no dim A_ETA..D -4.6
Nominal Valve size m D_..D 0.1001
Seat or Orifice Diameter m d_o..D 0.1001
Internal Pipe Diameter m D_i..D 0.1071
Pipe wall thickness m t_s..D 0.0036
Speed of Sound in Pipe m/s C_s..D 4999
Density of pipe material kg/m^3 RHO_s..D 7801

Constant values from the Standard

Speed of sound in air at standard conditions m/s c_a..D 343
Density of air kg/m^3 RHO_a..D 1.293

Canculation of valve outlet velocity

Vavle outlet velocity m/s U_valve 3.83

65.450
lumns S through V of the UI (User Interface) tab

Case 2 Case 3 Case 4

40.00 0.00 0.00
1000002 0 0
349978 0 0
650024 0 0
997.0 0.0 0.0
2320 0 0
1400 1400 1400

90 0 0
0.92 0 0
0.42 0 0
UCV UCV UCV
-4.6 -4.6 -4.6
0.1001 0.1001 0.1001
0.1001 0.1001 0.1001
0.1071 0.1071 0.1071
0.0036 0.0036 0.0036
4999 4999 4999
7801 7801 7801

343 343 343

1.293 1.293 1.293

5.10 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

81.567 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

 DESCRIPTION OF VARIABLE
CALCULATED IN COLUMN "K" Eqn. #

Differential Pressure Ratio x_F 1

Differential Pressure for Beginning Choked Flow 2
Characteristic Pressure Ratio for ALL valves Except multihole trims 3
Characteristic Pressure Ratio for Multihole trims (Reserved for future use) 4
Differential Pressure Ratio corrected for inlet pressure - using (3) for x_F_z 5
Jet Diameter 6
Jet Velocity 7
Mechanical Power 8
Flow Conditions
Acoustic Efficiency Factor (turbulent) 11

Acoustic Efficiency Factor (cavitating) 12

Internal Sound Pressure Calculation for Turbulent conditions 9
Internal Sound Pressure Calculation for Cavitating conditions 10
Internal Sound Pressure Level at pipe wall 13
Strouhal number of jet 19
Peak sound frequency (Turbulent) 18
Peak sound frequency (Cavitating) 20
Ring frequency 21
Transmission loss at ring frequency 22

Frequency distribution function (Turbulent) 16

Frequency distribution function (Cavitating) 17
Internal sound pressure level at each third octave frequency 14 & 15
Equation 14 is selected under turbulent conditions and Equation 15
is selected under cavitating flow conditions.

Change in Transmission loss at given frequencies f_i 24

Transmission loss at given frequencies f_i 23
External sound pressure level spectrum at 1m from pipe wall 25

Final overall sound pressure level 26

Summation of L_pe,1m(f_i) and DLA(fi),1m(f_i) and DLA(fi)

Equation (26) has been divided into two parts.

 This section calculates the portion shown in the red box below.
In the section below the quantities in this section are added
logarithmically and converted to dB(A)

A-weighted overall SPL 1 m from pipe wall 26

NAME OF VARIABLE
CALCULATED IN COLUMN "K" Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4

x_F..K 0.200 0.351 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

Δp_c..K 199947.962 349977.881 0.000 0.000
x_F_z..K 0.254 0.254 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
x_F_z_multi..K
x_F_zp1..K 0.239 0.239 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
D_j..K 0.018 0.018 0.000 0.000
U_vc..K 21.769 28.800 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
W_m..K 6016.538 14041.341 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
Condition..K Turbulent Cavitating #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
ETA_turb..K 3.906E-07 5.167E-07 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

ETA_cav..K N/A Turb 3.119E-07 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

W_a_turb..K 0.002 N/A Cav #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
W_a_cav..K N/A Turb 0.012 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
L_pi..K 149.614 156.561 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
St_p..K 0.399 0.399 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
f_p_turb..K 493.826 653.333 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
f_p_cav..K N/A Turb 1087.501 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
f_r..K 14854.965 14854.965 14854.965 14854.965
TL_fr..K -44.714 -44.714 -44.714 -44.714

F_turb(f_i)
1.00 -23.97 -25.182 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
2 -23 -24.110 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
3 -22 -23.141 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
4 -21 -22.172 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
5.0 -20.0 -21.168 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
6 -19 -20.131 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
7 -18 -19.162 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
8 -16.9426216096 -18.158 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
9 -15.9055873833 -17.121 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
10 -14.937564825 -16.152 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
11 -13.9710943627 -15.184 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
12 -12.906488117 -14.114 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
13 -11.9545528948 -13.151 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
14.0000 -11.0271 -12.195 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
15.0000 -10.1288 -11.227 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
16.0000 -9.3590 -10.281 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
17.0000 -8.9592 -9.519 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
18 -9 -9.008 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
 19 -10 -9.057 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
20 -12.099 -9.903 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
21 -14.483 -11.567 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
22 -17.451 -14.107 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
23 -20.267 -16.750 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
24 -23.137 -19.544 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
25 -26.132 -22.507 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
26 -29.238 -25.599 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
27 -32.143 -28.500 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
28 -35.153 -31.508 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
29 -38.265 -34.619 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
30 -41.172 -37.526 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
31 -44.080 -40.433 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
32 -47.296 -43.649 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
33 -50.203 -46.556 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
F_cav(f_i)
1 N/A Turb -38.093 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
2 N/A Turb -36.485 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
3 N/A Turb -35.031 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
4 N/A Turb -33.577 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
5 N/A Turb -32.072 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
6 N/A Turb -30.516 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
7 N/A Turb -29.062 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
8 N/A Turb -27.557 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
9 N/A Turb -26.001 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
10 N/A Turb -24.547 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
11 N/A Turb -23.094 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
12 N/A Turb -21.488 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
13 N/A Turb -20.038 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
14 N/A Turb -18.591 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
15 N/A Turb -17.098 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
16 N/A Turb -15.569 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
17 N/A Turb -14.166 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
18 N/A Turb -12.762 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
19 N/A Turb -11.412 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
20 N/A Turb -10.318 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
21 N/A Turb -9.490 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
22 N/A Turb -9.028 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
23 N/A Turb -9.105 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
24 N/A Turb -9.638 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
25 N/A Turb -10.569 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
26 N/A Turb -11.800 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
27 N/A Turb -13.093 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
28 N/A Turb -14.512 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
29 N/A Turb -16.023 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
30 N/A Turb -17.455 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
31 N/A Turb -18.898 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
32 N/A Turb -20.500 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
 33 N/A Turb -21.951 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
L_pi(f_i)
1 125.647 129.460 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
2 126.719 130.549 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
3 127.688 131.535 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
4 128.657 132.524 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
5 129.661 133.549 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
6 130.698 134.613 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
7 131.667 135.608 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
8 132.671 136.643 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
9 133.708 137.716 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
10 134.676 138.722 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
11 135.642 139.731 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
12 136.707 140.851 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
13 137.659 141.865 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
14 138.586 142.878 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
15 139.485 143.914 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
16 140.255 144.943 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
17 140.654 145.808 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
18 140.464 146.486 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
19 139.360 146.759 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
20 137.515 146.506 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
21 135.130 145.895 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
22 132.163 145.092 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
23 129.346 144.301 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
24 126.477 143.359 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
25 123.482 142.186 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
26 120.376 140.808 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
27 117.471 139.427 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
28 114.461 137.947 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
29 111.348 136.393 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
30 108.441 134.932 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
31 105.534 133.470 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
32 102.318 131.852 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
33 99.410 130.391 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
ΔTL(f_i)
1 -61.499 -61.499 -61.499 -61.499
2 -59.355 -59.355 -59.355 -59.355
3 -57.417 -57.417 -57.417 -57.417
4 -55.479 -55.479 -55.479 -55.479
5 -53.471 -53.471 -53.471 -53.471
6 -51.396 -51.396 -51.396 -51.396
7 -49.458 -49.458 -49.458 -49.458
8 -47.451 -47.451 -47.451 -47.451
9 -45.376 -45.376 -45.376 -45.376
10 -43.437 -43.437 -43.437 -43.437
11 -41.499 -41.499 -41.499 -41.499
12 -39.355 -39.355 -39.355 -39.355
 13 -37.417 -37.417 -37.417 -37.417
14 -35.479 -35.479 -35.479 -35.479
15 -33.472 -33.472 -33.472 -33.472
16 -31.397 -31.397 -31.397 -31.397
17 -29.460 -29.460 -29.460 -29.460
18 -27.454 -27.454 -27.454 -27.454
19 -25.381 -25.381 -25.381 -25.381
20 -23.448 -23.448 -23.448 -23.448
21 -21.517 -21.517 -21.517 -21.517
22 -19.388 -19.388 -19.388 -19.388
23 -17.474 -17.474 -17.474 -17.474
24 -15.579 -15.579 -15.579 -15.579
25 -13.649 -13.649 -13.649 -13.649
26 -11.717 -11.717 -11.717 -11.717
27 -10.011 -10.011 -10.011 -10.011
28 -8.413 -8.413 -8.413 -8.413
29 -7.052 -7.052 -7.052 -7.052
30 -6.183 -6.183 -6.183 -6.183
31 -5.846 -5.846 -5.846 -5.846
32 -6.219 -6.219 -6.219 -6.219
33 -7.253 -7.253 -7.253 -7.253
TL(f_i)
1 -106.213 -106.213 -106.213 -106.213
2 -104.069 -104.069 -104.069 -104.069
3 -102.131 -102.131 -102.131 -102.131
4 -100.193 -100.193 -100.193 -100.193
5 -98.185 -98.185 -98.185 -98.185
6 -96.110 -96.110 -96.110 -96.110
7 -94.172 -94.172 -94.172 -94.172
8 -92.165 -92.165 -92.165 -92.165
9 -90.090 -90.090 -90.090 -90.090
10 -88.151 -88.151 -88.151 -88.151
11 -86.213 -86.213 -86.213 -86.213
12 -84.069 -84.069 -84.069 -84.069
13 -82.131 -82.131 -82.131 -82.131
14 -80.193 -80.193 -80.193 -80.193
15 -78.186 -78.186 -78.186 -78.186
16 -76.111 -76.111 -76.111 -76.111
17 -74.174 -74.174 -74.174 -74.174
18 -72.168 -72.168 -72.168 -72.168
19 -70.095 -70.095 -70.095 -70.095
20 -68.162 -68.162 -68.162 -68.162
21 -66.231 -66.231 -66.231 -66.231
22 -64.102 -64.102 -64.102 -64.102
23 -62.188 -62.188 -62.188 -62.188
24 -60.293 -60.293 -60.293 -60.293
25 -58.363 -58.363 -58.363 -58.363
26 -56.431 -56.431 -56.431 -56.431
 27 -54.725 -54.725 -54.725 -54.725
28 -53.127 -53.127 -53.127 -53.127
29 -51.766 -51.766 -51.766 -51.766
30 -50.897 -50.897 -50.897 -50.897
31 -50.560 -50.560 -50.560 -50.560
32 -50.933 -50.933 -50.933 -50.933
33 -51.967 -51.967 -51.967 -51.967
L_pe,1m(f_i)
1 6.763 10.576 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
2 9.980 13.809 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
3 12.887 16.734 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
4 15.794 19.661 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
5 18.805 22.694 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
6 21.918 25.832 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
7 24.825 28.766 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
8 27.836 31.808 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
9 30.948 34.956 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
10 33.854 37.900 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
11 36.759 40.847 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
12 39.968 44.111 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
13 42.858 47.064 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
14 45.723 50.014 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
15 48.629 53.057 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
16 51.473 56.161 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
17 53.810 58.964 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
18 55.626 61.648 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
19 56.594 63.993 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
20 56.683 65.674 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
21 56.229 66.994 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
22 55.391 68.320 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
23 54.488 69.443 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
24 53.514 70.395 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
25 52.448 71.152 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
26 51.274 71.706 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
27 50.075 72.032 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
28 48.664 72.150 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
29 46.912 71.957 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
30 44.874 71.365 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
31 42.303 70.239 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
32 38.714 68.248 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
33 34.773 65.754 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
L_pAe,1m

2.169E-06 5.219E-06 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

1
2 2.128E-05 5.140E-05 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
3 1.733E-04 4.201E-04 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
 4 1.287E-03 3.134E-03 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
5 8.720E-03 2.135E-02 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
6 0.054 0.133 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
7 0.290 0.719 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
8 1.457 3.637 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
9 6.995 17.603 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
10 29.883 75.853 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
11 116 298 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
12 454 1178 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
13 1570 4134 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
14 5156 13850 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
15 15954 44232 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
16 46483 136812 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
17 115087 377040 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
18 235841 943571 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
19 379686 2086008 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
20 465871 3693569 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
21 481830 5746630 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
22 435572 8549750 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
23 370482 11594630 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
24 302938 14774968 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
25 231635 17187922 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
26 168819 18648562 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
27 114166 17913705 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
28 71837 16033319 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
29 38128 12181398 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
30 17273 7699733 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
31 6314 3925441 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
32 1627 1461633 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!
33 353 441927 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

L_pAe_1m 65.450 81.567 #DIV/0! #DIV/0!

Table 3 – Indexed third octave center frequencies and “A” weighting factors

Index, i Third octave center freq. “A” weighting factor

f_i (Hz) ΔLA(fi)
(Hz) (dB)
1 12.5 -63.4
2 16 -56.7
3 20 -50.5
4 25 -44.7
5 31.5 -39.4
6 40 -34.6
7 50 -30.2
8 63 -26.2
9 80 -22.5
10 100 -19.1

11 125 -16.1
12 160 -13.4
13 200 -10.9
14 250 -8.6
15 315 -6.6
16 400 -4.8
17 500 -3.2
18 630 -1.9
19 800 -0.8
20 1000 0
21 1250 0.6
22 1600 1
23 2000 1.2
24 2500 1.3
25 3150 1.2
26 4000 1
27 5000 0.5
28 6300 -0.1
29 8000 -1.1
30 10000 -2.5
31 12500 -4.3
32 16000 -6.6
33 20000 -9.3