Title
Time varying sound propagation for a large industrial area
Author
van der Eerden, F.
Wessels, P.
Segers, A.
Basten, T.
de Coensel, B.
Botteldooren, D.
Van Renterghem, T.
Dekoninck, L.
Spruytte, V.
Makovec, A.
Contributor
von Estorff, O. (editor)
Kropp, W. (editor)
Schulte-Fortkamp, B. (editor)
Publication year
2016
Abstract
The distance between noise sources at a large industrial area and a local community can be in the order of several kilometers. At such distances it may not be clear which sources are the main contributors to possible noise complaints. A long-term monitoring project is described that measures the sound sources in the industrial area and the sound in the nearby residential area. This paper focuses on the time varying sound propagation that is needed to determine the industrial source strengths and the relevance of the sources for the nearby community. Data from a meteorological model is combined with measurements from four geographically distributed meteorological masts via data assimilation. In this way the wind and temperature, as a function of height and time, between all possible source and receiver locations can be determined. Next, the corresponding sound propagation for all transfer paths is obtained near real time as these have been calculated beforehand. It will be shown that this monitoring project captures the time varying industrial noise as perceived in the residential area, whereas a standard noise model uses a constant sound propagation based on an average meteorology. This approach makes a comparison with registered complaints over time meaningful. © 2016, German Acoustical Society (DEGA). All rights reserved.
Subject
2015 Observation, Weapon & Protection Systems
AS - Acoustics & Sonar
TS - Technical Sciences
Industry
Meteorology
Monitoring
Propagation
Acoustic variables control
Acoustic wave propagation
Housing
Industry
Meteorology
Monitoring
Wave propagation
Data assimilation
Industrial sources
Long term monitoring
Meteorological modeling
Receiver location
Residential areas
Sound propagation
Time-varying sounds
Acoustic noise
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TNO identifier
574287
Publisher
German Acoustical Society (DEGA)
Source
45th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering: Towards a Quieter Future, INTER-NOISE 2016. 21 August 2016 through 24 August 2016, 1840-1847
Document type
conference paper