Electronic Journal Technical Acoustics ISSN 1819-2408

A. Jagniatinskis, B. Fiks

About the declaration of noise emitted by technical devises

language: Russian

received 05.06.2002, published 25.10.2002

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ABSTRACT

The article deals with estimation the uncertainty in determination of A-weighted sound power level. In the European countries producers and suppliers of potentially noisy equipment mandatory have obligations to declare noise emission value in the technical specification. According to the international (ISO) and counterpart European (EN) standards A-weighted sound power level LWA is mainly used as a declared value. There are seven standards (all are described in ISO 3740) available for sound power measurements with different characteristics. The A-weighted power levels may be calculated from measured levels in octave or in one-third-octave bands. In the article theoretically estimated, that the A- weighted sound power level calculations from octave levels LWA,1 and calculations from one-third-octave levels LWA,1/3 may be different up to (+-)1.0 dB. It is shown for which noise spectra the difference LWA,1/3 - LWA,1 is significant. As example household freezer emitted noise measurements carried out in the reverberation room. Declared value calculations in one-third octave bands in compare with calculations in octave bands gives a difference of 1 dB.

10 pages, 5 figures

Сitation: A. Jagniatinskis, B. Fiks. About the declaration of noise emitted by technical devises. Electronic Journal “Technical Acoustics”, http://www.ejta.org, 2002, 12.

REFERENCES

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		Aleksandras Jagniatinskis Aleksandras Jagniatinskis, Ph.D. (Tech.), head of the acoustic laboratory at Thermoizoliacija Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania: http://www.vgtu.lt/institutai/termoizoliacija/akustikos_lab.htm Chairman of TC-31 (technical committee - 31 "Akustica" at Lithuanian Standardization Board) Field of activities includes building acoustics and community noise. Author of more than 50 articles on acoustic measurements and noise control E-mail: aljagn(at)takas.lt
		Boris Fiks , Ph.D.(Tech.)1985 at Kaunas Polytechnic Institute, Education: Vilnius University, Applied mathematics Diploma. Now - senior research fellow of the acoustic laboratory at Thermoizoliacija Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania. Field of interest: digital data processing of ultrasound and acoustic signals; acoustic measurements and their precision. Author of about 30 articles on digital measured data processing in elektroacoustics. E-mail: borisasf(at)delfi.lt