Prediction of environmental sound pressure levels from wind farms : A simple but accurate model.

González, Alice Elizabeth - Cataldo Ottieri, José

Resumen:

The prediction of the environmental sound pressure levels of wind farms does not yet have a global consensus on how to achieve an easy-to-build model with accurate results. This chapter aims to present the sound pressure level prediction model developed at Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Its main characteristics are: taking into account atmospheric stability to determine the acoustic power of the machines; describing the generation of noise along the blades due to turbulent phenomena; and calculating the noise propagation at different distances from the tower taking into account atmospheric absorption, turbulence energy dissipation, and geometric divergence. It does not have any special IT requirements. A new approach to calculating geometric divergence is considered. The results show more than 80% of the cases within the range of ±3 dB, for wind farms throughout our country. The need to use not only A-weighted sound pressure levels but also octave frequency band levels is indicated.

Detalles Bibliográficos
2022
Fondos de cooperación con el Programa Nacional de Energía Eólica (Dirección Nacional de Energía del Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Minería de Uruguay, DNE - MIEM), por el Fondo Sectorial de Energía de la Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación (Proyecto ANII_FSE_1_2013_1_10942) y la Comisión de Investigación de la Universidad de la República a través de su Fondo de Investigación y Desarrollo Grupos (CSIC I+D Grupos 2014)
Wind turbines noise
Wind farms noise
Wind energy
Noise prediction model
Aerodynamic noise
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Universidad de la República
COLIBRI
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/38880
Acceso abierto
Licencia Creative Commons Atribución (CC - By 4.0)