Prediction of environmental sound pressure levels from wind farms : A simple but accurate model.
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.
| 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) | |
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Wind turbines noise Wind farms noise Wind energy Noise prediction model Aerodynamic noise |
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| Español | |
| Universidad de la República | |
| COLIBRI | |
| https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/38880 | |
| Acceso abierto | |
| Licencia Creative Commons Atribución (CC - By 4.0) |