NEC Acostix ™ Sound Attenuation Design

and Calculation Software Manual explains

the software modules, screens, features,
entries and drop down lists used inside
the software

Third Edition includes updates on HVAC

Modules, Attenuator Design Module
Improvements and Diesel Generator
Sound Attenuation Configurator

NEC Acostix ™
Users Reference
Manual
3rd Edition

Najah Engineering Consultants LLC

Issued : 15th Jan 2020

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Contents
Introduction 4
General Features 4
NEC Acostix ™ Modules 5
AX-01 Exhaust Silencing Sound Calculations Module 6
AX-02 Enclosure/Room wall Design & Verification Module 7
AX-03 Inlet/Discharge Attenuators Design & Room Sound Calculations Module 7
AX-04 Acoustic Louvers Design & Room Sound Calculations Module 8
AX-05 Diesel Generator Sound Attenuation Design Package 8
AX-06 HVAC Duct Sound Calculations 9
AX-07 Acostix ™ Sound Calculations & Tools Module: 9
1. Cover Sheet Perforation Configurations Tool 9
2. Diesel Engine Exhaust Nosie/Surface Noise & Air Flow Estimator 10
3. Free Field / Inside Rooms (Reverberant) Noise Calculations Tools 10
4. Room Average Absorption Coefficients Calculations Tool 11
5. Pressure Drop Calcuator for Extended Ducts 11
Training & Technical Support 12
Installation Instructions 13
NEC Acostix ™ Modules User Reference: 15
1. Guidelines 15
2. Exhaust Silencing Sound Calculations Module: 16
Application 16
Exhaust Silencing Criteria & Data Selection 16
SWL/SPL data Entry 16
Manually Selected Muffler Verification 17
Sound Absorption Coefficinets Entry 17
Required Muffler (Silencer) Attenuations Results 17
Detailed Sound Calculations 17
3. Wall Structure Design & Sound Calculations Module: 19
Application 19
SWL/SPL Data 19
Wall System Configuration & Dimensional Data 19
Reverberation Room/Enclosure Data 20
Wall Structure Design Parameters Selection/Entry 20
Doors Structure Design Parameters Selection/Entry 21
Windows Structure Design parameters Selection/Entry 21
Detailed Sound Calculations (Design, find SRI Mode) 22
Detailed Sound Calculations (SRI to meet NRXX Criteria Mode) 22
Detailed Sound Calculations (Verify given SRI to meet certain NRXX criteria) 23
4. Rectangular Attenuators Design Modules: 24
Application 24
What you want to do drop down list selection 24
SWL/SPL and Other Data Entry 24
Attenuator Design Parameters Entry/Selection 25
Design Results SPL & P 26
Room/Enclosure Sound Calculations using Designed/Verified Attenuator 26
5. Rectangular Attenuator Insertion Loss & Pressure Drop for a Designed Attenuator: 27
Application 27
Attenuator Design Parameters Entry/Selection 27
Designed Attenuator Resultant Insertion Losses (SIL/DIL) and P 28
6. Acoustic Louvers Design & Room/Enclosure Sound Calculations Module: 28
Application 28
SWL/SPL and Other Parameters Selection 28
Acoustic Louvers Design Parameters Entry/Selection 29

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 Resulting Transmission Loss & Pressure Drop 30
Louvers Room/Enclosure Sound Calculations with the louvers 30
Louver Models available in Acostix ™ 31
Other Tools 31
7. Free Field Sound calculations Module: 32
Application 32
Case-1: Point Source 32
Case-2: Finaite Plane Source 32
8. Revereberant Field Sound Calculations: 33
Application 33
Case-1: SWL or SPL1 are available as single Figures dBA 34
Case-2: SWL or SPL1 are available as Octave Band Values 34
9. Average Absorption Coeffcinets Estimator/Calulator (Alpha Tool): 35
Application 35
Using the Module 35
Best Estimation Results 35
Manual Entry of Known Absorption Coeffients 36
10. TI & P% Perforation Configurator: 36
Application 36
Perforation Parameters Entry & Results 36
11. Pressure Drop Calculator for Extended Ducts and Elbow: 37
Application 37
Duct Parameters Entry/Selection 37
Duct Extension Types 37
12. Diesel Engine Sound & Airflow Estimator: 38
Application 38
Parameters Selection 38
Estimated Sound & Airflow Results 38
13. HVAC Ducts Acoustics calculations Module: 39
Application 39
Project Title Block 39
SWL Data Entry and Ducts Power Split Configuration 39
Duct Acoustics Configuration Block 40
Radiussed Elbows Configuration Block 41
Other Attenuations Manual Entry Block 41
SWL at the room outlet Calculations Block 41
Sound Calculations Inside the Target Room 42
Case-1: Attenuator with Known IL verification 42
Case-2: Attenuator IL to be fund based on NCXX must be achieved 42
14. Diesel Generator Sound Attenuation Design Package Configurator 44

End User Agreement 46

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INTRODUCTION:

NEC Acostix ™ is an Excel-Based programmable sheets to help engineers and manufacturers design acoustic
enclosures, rectangular silencers, acoustic louvers or do noise calculations to verify their selected designs. To get a quote
please complete the form and submit.

You can contact us on [email protected] for further details. See also our Price List published on our
website.

NEC Acostix ™ gives best estimates for the sound insulation performance of the walls, silencers and louvers depending on
the supplied data and acoustic material properties.

Acostix ™ is registered as a trademark in the ministry of industry & trade in Amman - Jordan under no. 116559

General Features:
 All sound calculations meet international standards ASTM E90, ASTM E477, ISO 7235, ISO 3741, ISO 140, ISO
3744, ISO 3746, ISO 6798, ISO 8528-10, ASHRAE Handbook, Sound Research Laboratory,…etc.
 Calculates the required silencer attenuation to meet noise criteria.
 Verifies any selected silencer to meet the noise criteria.
 Design acoustic wall or partition to meet certain SRI/TL or certain noise criteria
 Change the wall or partition steel thickness (both single plate or double plate), acoustic filling properties and
perforation geometry and see the effect on the noise attenuation.
 Takes into consideration free field and reverberant rooms situations.
 Design rectangular attenuators by allowing you to flexibly adjust all design parameters such as overall aperture
size, number of splitters, splitter thickness, air gap between splitters, acoustic filling material properties,
perforation sheet configuration, air way length, air flow, flow velocity,…etc
 It uses latest algorithms to predict the performance of splitter duct silencers acoustical performance.
 The software has a separate module to calculate the insertion loss and pressure drop for any designed
attenuators without going into sound calculations.
 Takes into consideration inlet air temperature and temperature rise inside enclosures and air temperature
through the attenuators.
 It differentiates between inlet and discharge air sound attenuations by considering the regenerated noise,
positive and negative flow effects.
 It calculates pressure drop across air inlet and discharge attenuators and louvers.
 Both air temperature and altitude effect are considered in all designs.

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  Design acoustic louvers by allowing you to flexibly adjust the louver depth, louver blade shape, and louver blade
thickness, air gap between blades, louver depth, louver acoustic filling properties and perforation sheet. It
allows also adjusting the free area percentage and airflow velocity.

 Provides the insertion loss for the designed attenuator and sound transmission loss for the louvers.
 The software helps to calculate the best perforation that can achieve best acoustic results.
 The software can estimate diesel engine exhaust noise, surface noise and air flows if not known.
 The software calculates any noise in free filed or inside reverberant rooms either as a single noise figure or over
the octave band.
 The software is equipped with a tool to calculate average room absorption coefficient over octave band.
 The software is equipped with a tool to calculate pressure drops for different extension duct configurations.

NEC Acostix Modules:

AX-00 : Acostix ™ Main modules. Only from 2016, this shall include the following modules: AX-01, AX-02, AX-03, AX-04
and AX-07. This is a very power tool for designers of enclosures, attenuators, partitions, louvers and silencers (1) plus they
can do sound calculations inside and outside rooms/enclosures.

AX-C : Acostix ™ all modules. Only from 2015, this shall include the following modules: AX-01, AX-02, AX-03, AX-04, AX-
06 and AX-07. This is a very power tool for designers of enclosures, attenuators, partitions, louvers and silencers (1) plus
they can do sound calculations inside and outside rooms/enclosures.

AX-01 : Acostix ™ Exhaust silencing module (first license). This module enables you to find suitable muffler insertion
loss for a certain engine if you know the engine un-damped exhaust noise SPL or SWL and your acceptance criteria for
example: 85 dBA at 1 meter

AX-02 : Acostix ™ Wall / Partitions Design (TL/SRI) Module. This module enables the designer to select the
wall/windows/doors configuration and get individual transmission loss or overall transmission loss (TL/SRI) of the wall
system. The module does sound calculations to get the sound at certain distance outside the enclosure/room taking into
consideration the reverberation. The wall could be made of steel plate, double steel plates or masonry wall of different
material construction and different STC.

AX-03A : Acostix ™ Duct Attenuator Design and Room Sound Calculations Module. This enables the designer to specify
the dimensional details and acoustic materials specs of the attenuator to get the insertion loss (SIL/DIL). You can also
simulate both friction and dynamic pressure losses through the duct. The module also considers the room dimensions
and reverberation details and provide the sound pressure level (SPL) at a certain distance outside the room.

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AX-03B : Acostix ™ Duct Attenuator Design Module to get IL and PD (Insertion Loss and Pressure drop). This enables
the designer to specify the dimensional details and acoustic materials specs of the attenuator to get the insertion loss
(SIL/DIL) and the Pressure Drop (P). Note: Both AX-03A and B come together.

AX-04 : Acostix ™ Acoustic Louvers Design Module. You select one of five different louver configurations, specify the
dimensional details and acoustic materials and then get the transmission loss (TL) and Noise Reduction (NR) along with
simulated pressure loss. The module also considers the room dimensions and reverberation details and provide the
sound pressure level (SPL) at a certain distance outside the room.

AX-05 : Acostix ™ Diesel Generator Sound Attenuation Design Package. This is stand-alone Module. From the
Configurator screen you enter the SWL/SPL, dimensional details of enclosure, dimensional details of engine box, engine
airflow data, temperature rises, select inlet and discharge configuration,..etc

AX-06 : Acostix ™ HVAC Acoustics Module. Enter the HVAC duct layout and dimensional and acoustical details, AHU fan
SWL and the NC at the recipient room. There are modules for supply, return and atmosphere. They calculate the sound
attenuation required that can be achieved either by a sound attenuator or by increasing the lining of the ducts. The
modules fully comply with ASHRAE standards

AX-07 : Acostix ™ Sound Calculations Module. This includes free field and inside room’s sound calculations, room
average sound absorption coefficient, pressure drop for extended ducts and SPL/SWL/Air flow estimator for industrial
machines.

(1) Exhaust Silencers design is not yet included in AX-C module. This is available now as ExTuner ™ which is sold separately by Najah
Engineering.

AX-01 Exhaust Noise Silencing Sound Calculations (ISO 6798):

This design sheet enables to do either do the exhaust noise calculations to find the optimum exhaust silencer
attenuations (dB's) at all 8 frequencies, or if you have a silencer with a known dB's you can verify if it suites your diesel
engine. Of course, you have to define criteria such as 90 dBA at 1 m or 75 dBA at 7 m and so on. You have to have the
engine exhaust noise SPL or SWL data from the engine manufacturer. If not known then you can use the exhaust noise
estimator, which is part of NEC Acostix to get the engine exhaust noise.

If the engine is inside a room or enclosure with reverberant characteristics then you need to enter the room dimensions.
To be much more precise you need to enter the average sound absorption coefficient of the room internal walls. If not
known to you then you can use the absorption coefficient calculator to find them.

At the end, the software will give you the results and summary of all calculations. You can always hide or show this
calculation for the purpose of submittal to your customers.

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AX-02 Enclosure/Room Wall Design & Verification Module:
This sheet calculates the overall SRI (TL) of an acoustic wall or barrier that may contain doors and windows.
The module allows selection of wall configuration either single plate, double plate or masonry wall. You will enter all the
details and you will see the results instantly as SRI and reflected on the sound attenuation.

The sheet enables you to select the windows and doors dimensions, Windows glass and thickness configuration.

You need to enter the wall, door and windows dimensions.

Then the sheet will calculate the overall SRI of the assembly. This SRI can then be used as a known SRI
Value to complete the wall design for enclosure or rooms as stated above.

AX-03 Inlet/Discharge Attenuators Design & Room Sound Calculations:

This is a powerful design sheet, which does two things at the same time. It designs the rectangular attenuator by finding
its dimensional parameters and acoustic characteristics to achieve the noise attenuation from one side and it gives the
dimensional parameters that achieve maximum allowable pressure drop across the attenuator air ducts. The sheet can
do Four (4) functions: design inlet attenuator, design discharge attenuator, verify inlet attenuator and verify discharge
attenuator. You need to enter the engine surface noise SPL data, airflow data, noise criteria; overall aperture height and
width and then you select the number of airways and the thickness of the splitters. Of course there are rules how to
select them which you can learn in our noise. You can fine-tune your selection to get the best results of
acoustic and pressure drop performance. You can always select to show or hide the detailed calculations. The sheet
allows you to select the acoustic materials filling details and enter the average room absorption coefficient, which can be
calculated by NEC Acostix.

Note: In the AX-05 the discharge attenuator has the following extra features:

1. Add up to 4 exhaust fans with their air flows, diameters and SWL
2. Add discharge deflector
3. Add vertical attenuator. This will take you to another module to design it and use it in the discharge.

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AX-04 Acoustic Louvers Design and Room Sound Calculations:
Similarly this design sheet enables to design the acoustic louvers to achieve the required acoustical and airflow
performance. You can select either to design inlet or design discharge louvers. You can select among 5 different louver
shapes. Other configurations can also be added upon request.

You have to enter the noise source SPL/SWL. You need to enter the selected acoustic filling materials absorption
coefficients and thickness. You need also to select the perforation configuration. You have to specify the noise criteria
and distance. You can select if the room is reverberant or not and accordingly enter the absorption coefficient data,
which can also be calculated by NEC Acostix tools.

Then you can choose your design parameters. Louvers blade thickness, Louver depth, louver blades spacing and free area
percentage of the overall aperture.

The software will display the resultant noise and air pressure drop for the selected design. You can fine-tune your design
parameters to optimize the results. Of course you can select to show or to hide the calculations before you print the
report.

AX-05 Diesel Generator Sound Attenuation Package:

 This is stand-alone module that is sold separately from the AX-00 or AX-C
 This module designs the acoustic enclosure for diesel generators applications to meet certain noise rating or criteria.
 The module is fed with the engine noise data and then the designer will select the dimensional parameters of the
wall, windows, inlet/discharge attenuation, and exhaust silencing to meet the criteria.
 The module allows you to enter either SPL or SWL data. You may also select between baffle type attenuators and
acoustic louvers for inlet and discharge aperture attenuations. All design parameters and results are watched
instantly at the same time on the same page for all parameters. You can have up to two inlet attenuator
configurations plus one inlet louvers at the same time, while discharge attenuator gives the ability to add vertical
deflector and another vertical attenuator for super silent requirements. The discharge also can have up to Four (4)
exhaust fans that ventilate the room/enclosure in the case of remote radiator generator sets.

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AX-06 HVAC Duct Sound Calculations:
This module uses the forward duct attenuation calculation method, where the criteria of the sound pressure level in the
room is selected and the calculations start from the AHU down through the ducts to the outlet then inside the room. All
attenuations in the main ducts, branch ducts and elbows are configured and selected. The module will calculate the
attenuations and deduct from the AHU sound power (SWL). The result will be sound power level value at the room
outlet. Then this will be corrected by the room reverberation characteristics to get the actual sound pressure level inside
the room. This will be compared with the selected NCXX criteria and the difference will be the additional attenuations
that must be added. This can be achieved by reconfiguring the ducts again or just by inserting attenuator next to the
AHU. The sheet complies with ASHRAE / ARI 885 standards. The room side and the atmosphere modules is used for
supply/return sound calculations.

AX-07 Acostix ™ Sound Calculations and Tools Module:

1. Cover Sheets Perforation Configurations and Calculations Tool:

These tools enable you to find the Transparency Index (TI) and the open area percent of the perforated sheet used to
cover the acoustic materials used in air ducts. These two parameters affect the acoustic performance of the perforated
sheet and therefore affect the overall acoustic performance of the air duct assembly. Of course, the higher the TI the
better it will be for the noise absorption of the acoustic filling but this may not be possible due to the perforation sheet
mechanical characteristics and strength. You enter the perforation geometry and the sheet will calculate the TI and P.
These two parameters are inputs to the design of the walls, attenuators and louvers. The resultant of this sheet are the
TI, P and the access factor, which will be multiplied by the absorption coefficient of the acoustic material. In other words,
this access factor downgrades the acoustic materials sound absorption capability.

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 2. Engine Exhaust Noise/Surface Noise and Air Flow Estimator:

You must always get the Nosie data and airflow rates from the diesel engine manufacturer. This tool shall be used only if
you cannot get the data from the.
This tool enables the designer to estimate the engine exhaust noise SPL or SWL, engine surface noise SPL and the inlet
and discharge airflow. You just enter the engine KW and then select from the drop down lists different characteristics of
the engine, which must be known if the engine is physically available.

The software will display the engine exhaust and surface noise data over the Eight (8) frequencies and the inlet and
discharge airflow. These results can be used to design walls, attenuators and louvers if the data is not available from the
manufacturer.

3. Free Field / Inside Rooms (reverberant) Noise Calculations Tool:

Sometimes you may need to calculate the noise in the free filed if the noise is knows at some location.
This sheet allows for noise calculations of SPL or SWL at different distances in the free field. You can either do the
calculation for a single dB figure or over the Eight (8) frequencies.

SPL vs SWL:

The difference between SPL and SWL: SPL is the sound pressure level =20 log P/Pref. Pis sound pressure in N/m2 and Pref =
20 x 10-6 N/m2, while SWL is sound power level = 10 log W/Wref, where W is sound intensity in Watts and Wref = 10-
12
Watt. The sound is coming out from the source as SWL and when it travels spherically its intensity will be distributed
over sphere area which makes it pressure SPL
You may also need to do calculations of noise inside the room if the noise source is placed at certain distance and you
need to measure noise at certain point inside the room taking into consideration the reverberation time of the room.
This sheet does this. You can do this as a single figure or you can enter the noise data of the source in SPL or SWL over
the octave band, and enter all other details of the room. The resulting information will be the noise level at the point you
selected. You can select to show or hide the calculations before printing the report.

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 4. Average Room Absorption Coefficient Calculations Tool:

This tool helps designers calculate the room average sound absorption coefficient over the octave band.
The sheet allows to enter the room dimensions, and from the drop down lists one may select the sidewall, end walls,
roof and floor material. The results of this sheet will be the average absorption coefficients and the reverberation times.
These results are very valuable when calculating sound from inside rooms through walls, attenuators and louvers.
The result of this sheet is automatically updated in modules AX-02, AX-03 and AX-04 room reverberation information.

5. Pressure Drop Calculator Tool:

This sheet helps gives the pressure drop across different duct systems, which you may choose from the drop down list.

It helps when sometimes the inlet air or the discharge air needs to be ducted 45 degrees or 90 degrees for some
distance.

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Training and Technical Support:
You can attend the following courses that will enrich your knowledge and skills in industrial noise control and sound
attenuation design:

AC-01 Industrial Noise Control and Sound Attenuation Design

3-4 days course organized publicly or in-house. This is 21-28 hours of training instruction and
Extensive design workshops covering all the concepts of noise, sound insulation materials and
Design of noise control modules for power generation, residential, HVAC and other applications

AC-02 Architectural Acoustics, Sound in free field and inside rooms, sound reverberation, acoustic materials,
Masonry walls and floors acoustics, building materials, sound calculations and sound attenuation to achieve
Sound criteria. This is 2-3 days course.

AC-03 Exhaust Silencers Design & Certification to ASTM/ISO/ASHRAE Standards. Design of Reactive and
Dissipative Exhaust Silencers. Use of ExTuner ™ in exhaust mufflers design. This is 2 days course.

AC-04 NEC Acostix ™ Software training and annual user meeting.

This is a 1-2 days meeting including review of fundamentals of acoustics and how to maximize the use of
Acostix ™ software modules with examples and application projects.

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Installation Instructions:
You will be sent a link to download the setup.exe file.

Once downloaded you click on the file and you will be guided through the simple installation process

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After the installation is finished a short cut link will be placed on your desktop.
Click on the link. A window like the one below will pop up in which your computer ID is displayed.

This message displays your computer ID #. Copy the computer ID and send to [email protected] . NEC
technical support will send you the registration key for the software. It looks like this one below:

Once you received the key place it in the same folder where the software was installed. Then you will be able to open the
software. Good Luck!!

If you received a Trial Version Software, this will not require any license key to open. In this case, the software will work
for its pre-determined period until it is automatically locked.
Normally the Trial Version may or may not have all the functions and modules working like the normal software.

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 NEC Acostix ™ Modules
User Reference

1. Guidelines:
1. The software uses Microsoft Excel Engine.
2. Throughout the software modules all the blue cells are editable, where you can enter text, numbers or even formulas
3. The drop down lists are distinguished by being blue cells with darker blue borderlines.
4. All modules can be printed on local printers by pressing the PRINT button on the top right side of the module page. In this
case all the details inside the page blue border will be printed.
5. All pages can be saved as PDF
6. You can save the .exe file and come back to it later
7. Please email: [email protected] for technical problems that you may face in the software or any abnormality.
8. For technical support you must provide the version # which is shown on the Index page and your Excel Version (32 bit or 64
bit).
9. Many cells have explanations once you put the mouse curser on top of the cell.
10. For the NEC Acostix ™ Software to work normally without problems make sure the following are considered:

a. Make sure there is only one NEC Acostix ™ software in the machine. All others must be deleted and all old license
key files must be deleted.
b. Make sure the license and the software are both placed in the same folder
c. Make sure your Microsoft Excel is installed completely with all service packs and latest updates.
d. Make sure the VBA files are accessible in the Excel …. File >> options >> Trust Center >> Trust center settings >>
Macros settings >> Trust access the VBA project files
e. Make sure any anti-virus program in your machine does not block the starting of the Acostix.exe file.
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2. Exhaust Silencing Calculation Module:
APPLICATION:
1. To find the optimal silencer attenuations (dB) at different frequencies if the engine noise data is known and the noise level
criteria is defined at the receiver point.
2. To verify if a given silencer will meet the noise level criteria at the receiver point if its octave band insertion loss is known.

EXHAUST SILENCING CRITERIA:

What you want to do : You select what application you want to use the software for
Max Noise (NR) : Select the noise level at the receiver point. To know more about NR. Refer to NR sheet. This is ISO noise
rating figure
Distance : This is the distance in meters of the receiver point from the source at which the selected NR will apply.
Directivity : Select how the noise is being emitted up to the receiver point
Reverberant Filed (Y/N) : Select Y if the noise source is enclosed inside enclosure or placed inside a room otherwise select N
Note: When electing N (NO) the room dimensions will be hidden (not required)

Room (H) : This is the reverberant room height in meters

Room (W) : This is the reverberant room width in meters
Room (L) : This is the reverberant room length in meters

SWL/SPL DATA ENTRY:

Enter : Select if the available noise data is SPL or SWL

If SPL then at : If SPL is selected then you have to specify this SPL is given at what distance in meters. You enter the data in the
blue fields.
Exhaust Pipe dia : Exhaust pipe diameter in mm.
The software uses SWL in the calculations. Therefore, if SPL is available this is usually measured according to ISO 6798 for diesel
engines. You need to enter these parameters to get SWL.

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MANUALLY SELECTED MUFFLER DATA ENTRY

If we want to verify a known muffler insertion loss to meeting, the acceptance criteria Noise rating (NRXX). Here you enter the sound
attenuation of the muffler that you want to verify. This data you should get from the muffler manufacturer.

SOUND ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT DATA ENTRY

When you select reverberant filed this means that your generator is located inside a room that has both absorption and reflection
characteristics (this is not likely the case). You need to enter values for the room average absorption coefficients. These can be
estimated using the ALPHA estimator tool. The higher the coefficients the better the absorption and the less the reverberation noise
will be.

REQUIRED MUFFLER (SILENCER) ATTENUATIONS

When you select the program to select the muffler dB’s according to the NRXX that you selected you get this result. These are the
insertion loss dB’s for the optimal muffler that will meet the selected NRXX. After that, you can select the suitable muffler from your
favorite supplier catalogue.

DETAILED SOUND CALCULATIONS:

Case-1: If selected the Program will find Silencer dB’s:

Exhaust Noise SWL0 : This is the sound power level in dB (ref: 10-12 watt) of the un-damped exhaust noise
NRXX : This is the noise rating selected that must be achieved
Required Silencer dB : This is the required silencer dB’s that meets the NRXX you specified.
Room Time (sec) : This is the reverberation time at different frequencies applicable if you selected reverberant filed.
Rev time correction : This is the 10 log (Rev Time) in dB

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Room Constant : This represents the absorption coefficients of the room and the total absorption area in m2
Room Correction : This is the attenuation due to the reverberation in the room.
Distance correction : How much the sound pressure level will decrease due to the distance, in dB
Directivity correction : Directivity of the exhaust source to the receiver point
Resultant SPL (dB) : SPL at the measuring point with the silencer installed
dBA scale weightings : dBA filter. This gives the actual SPL the human ear can hear at different frequencies.

Case-2: If selected to select the muffler manually and verify its compliance to the selected NRXX:

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3. Wall Design & Sound Calculations Module
APPLICATION

1. To design walls for enclosures that contain noisy machines such as diesel generators, compressors, fans, pumps, motors, gas
turbines,..etc.
2. Designing the wall means finding its Sound Reduction Index (Transmission Loss). The design of the wall is done by selecting
the steel plate configuration, acoustic filling materials and the internal wall perforated sheet configuration.
3. The software will do the sound calculations and check if the designed wall meets the noise criteria set by the customer
and/or regulation.

At the beginning, you select what you want to do from the drop down list and then select your operating ambient temperature and
altitude.

SPL/SWL DATA:
Enter either SPL or SWL data in the table below. You first need to select the type of data SPL or SWL. If you selected SPL then specify at
what distance this SPL data is measured. Usually it is measured at 1 meter. Normally if this SPL is for a diesel engine it is measured by
the manufacturer in accordance to ISO 6798. If other than a diesel engine it is measured according to ISO 3744. The software uses SWL
in the calculations. Therefore for the software to calculate SWL from the given SPL you need to enter the machine envelope
dimensions. This is the minimum height, width and length of a box that envelops the machine. Please notice that only the machine
which gives the noise shall be considered. If any major part(s) is(are) attached to this machine that is not emitting noise it should not
be included within the envelope. For a diesel engine driving ac generator only the engine itself shall be considered and not with the
alternator.

WALL SYSTEM CONFIGURATION DATA:

The wall system consists of the wall itself, the door(s) and the windows(s). The software allows for two doors and two windows per
wall. In the wall configuration & dimensions block shown below, you need to enter the enclosure dimensions and select the number of
doors and number of windows in the door.
Then you enter the door(s) and window(s) dimensions in meters.

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REVERBERATION ROOM DATA:
The block below shows the values of average absorption coefficients that will appear automatically here.
These values resulted from the Alpha Module where you have to configure the room internal wall acoustic lining details.

WALL DESIGN PARAMETERS:

Enter design parameters for the wall configuration:

Wall Configuration Type : This is drop down list to select either single plate or double with air gap
Inner steel plate thickness : If you selected double plate this will appear, otherwise it will be just steel plate thickness
Lining Material : This is drop down list to select the filling materials that will be used in the wall
Density of filling materials : This is the density of the porous acoustic materials used. This could be Rockwool, foam or any
Fiberglass. Enter the value in Kg/m3
Lining thickness : Enter the uncompressed thickness of the lining material in mm
Perf sheet thickness : Enter the thickness of the perforation sheet used in mm
Volume : This is the internal volume of the room/enclosure and it will automatically appear
Internal surface area : This is the internal area of all walls, ceiling and floor. It will automatically appear.
Outer Plate Thickness : If double plate is selected this will appear.
Air Gap : If double plate is selected this will appear. This is the air gap between the two plates
Perforation Sheet P % : This will appear automatically. This is the perforation percentage %

This gives the estimated Sound Reduction Index of the wall (without doors and windows).

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Alternatively you can also select the Masonry Wall. Then you select from a big list of different wall types and STC ratings.

DOORS DESIGN PARAMETERS:

The below block allows to enter the design parameters of the doors in similar way as done in the wall itself above.

This gives the estimated Sound Reduction Index of each door individually.

WINDOWS DESIGN PARAMETERS:

The below block allows to enter the design parameters of the windows used in the wall system. You may select the windows style;
single or double layer. Enter the materials used; glass or plastic. Enter the thickness of each layer in mm and finally enter the air gap
between the two layers in mm.
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This will give the SRI’s of each window individually and at the end, the SRI of the complete wall system will be also displayed as shown
above which will include the effect of the doors and windows.

DETAILED NOISE CALCULATIONS (Design Mode)

Using the above obtained designed value for the wall system the software will do the calculations based on the distance given in the
criteria and wall system SRI’s. The results of the calculations will be displayed in dBA. This will be the predicted sound level at the
specified distance. The following list gives definition for each term used in the calculations:

Engine SWL0 : This is the sound power level in dB (ref: 10-12 watt) of the source
Room Volume Correction : This is plus or minus contribution of the room volume in dB
Rev Time Correction : This is the plus or minus contribution of the room reflections (reverberation) in dB
Wall Source Correction : This is the contribution of the wall directivity correction in dB
Wall Surface Correction : This is the wall area (10 log S) correction in dB
Directivity Correction : How much the noise is concentrated in the direction of the receiver in dB
Distance Correction : How much the SPL will decrease due to distance attenuation in dB from the wall to the receiving point
Other correction : Other contributions by other systems in dB
SRI (designed) : This is the resultant SRI from the design parameters that was previously selected.
SWL (ext) : This is the Sound Power Level emitted from the wall outside.
SPL at receiver : SPL at the measuring point with the attenuator installed
dBA scale weightings : dBA filter. This gives the actual SPL the human ear can hear at different frequencies.

DETAILED NOISE CALCULATIONS (SRI to meet certain NRXX Mode):

If you selected at the top of the wall design page to design a wall system (Find SRI) then you will get the SRI (designed) dB’s displayed
as shown above. If you selected to find the required SRI of the wall to meet the noise criteria (NRXX) then the software will display the

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required SRI’s as shown below inside the red frame. In this case the specified criteria, for example NR57 will appear as given in the
place of SPL2 (measured at the receiver) as shown below.

DETAILED NOISE CALCULATIONS (Verify given SRI to meet certain NRXX Mode):
If SRI’s of the wall system are known, then you select this option at the top of the page. The software will verify if using this wall with
these SRI’s will meet the noise criteria or not. In this case, you need to enter the SRI’s of the wall system. You enter the dB’s of the SRI
for each part of the wall system and the software will calculate the effective SRI of the wall system. At the same time, the resultant SPL
at the receiver is displayed in front of you in either green color (if within the criteria) or red color (if outside the criteria range).

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4. Rectangular Attenuators Design:
APPLICATION
1. To design rectangular duct type attenuators for both inlet air and discharge air. The design means determine the dimensional
details of the attenuator parts and properties of acoustic materials filling used and perforation configuration.
2. To verify if a certain inlet or discharge attenuator (designed by others) meet noise criteria at certain distance.
3. The software does detailed sound calculations to verify if the designed or the selected attenuators meet specified sound pressure
levels and pressure drop.

WHAT YOU WANT TO DO:

Note: You can enter data or change parameters in any of the area with blue color cells.
In the screen below you can enter your project name and select what you want to do. You can select either design inlet attenuator,
design discharge attenuator, verify inlet attenuator or verify discharge attenuator.

When selecting design inlet or discharge attenuator the below block (verify attenuator I.L.) will be hidden. It will only appear when you
select verify inlet or discharge attenuator. The purpose of verification is to see if the attenuator designed by others meet the noise
criteria or not through the sound calculations. You need to enter the insertion losses of the attenuator in the blue area below. In the
above box you need also to select the inlet air temperature and altitude. This version also allows you to use TWO attenuators in series
separated by a 1 meter duct to achieve very high attenuations. This can be achieved by selecting No of attenuators in series = 2.
Because attenuators are used to attenuate sound coming from sources inside rooms to outside receiver point the rooms are usually
reverberant. This means the walls, the ceiling and floor reflect and/or absorb sound according to their sound absorbing materials
coefficients. The room average absorption coefficients will automatically appear here. Refer to the ALPHA Tool for details. The
software accordingly calculates the reverberation time of the room in seconds at different octave frequencies. These results will be
used in the sound calculation. The total sound measured at the receiver point will be the sum of the direct path sound (without
reflections) plus the reverberation sound which will result from the reflections.

SPL/SWL DATA:
Enter either SPL or SWL data in the table above. You first need to select the type of data SPL or SWL. If you selected SPL then specify at
what distance this SPL data is measured. Usually it is measured at 1 meter. Normally if this SPL is for a diesel engine, the manufacturer
measures it in accordance to ISO 6798. If other than a diesel engine, it is measured according to ISO 3744. The software uses SWL in
the calculations. Therefore, for the software to calculate SWL from the given SPL you need to enter the machine envelope dimensions.
This is the minimum height, width and length of a box that envelops the machine. Please notice that only the machine, which gives the
noise, shall be considered. If any major part(s) is (are) attached to this machine that is not emitting noise it should not be included
within the envelope. For a diesel engine that drives ac generator, only the engine itself shall be considered and not with the alternator

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ATTENUATOR DESIGN PARAMETERS:
The below box shows the design parameters of your attenuator. You need to select and/or enter your design figures and watch the
results.

r1 : This is the distance between the measuring point and the outside surface of the attenuator in meters
r2 : This is the direct path distance between the sound source (inside the room) and the measuring
point (assuming no attenuator is fitted in the aperture) in meters
H,W,L : These are room internal dimensions in meters
Q : This is the total air flow through the aperture/attenuator in m3/sec. In the case of diesel generator the inlet air flow is the
sum of the radiator fan flow + the combustion air flow and the discharge air flow = radiator fan air flow.
h : Aperture height in meters
w : Aperture width, this is the total opening width in the room/enclosure wall where the attenuator will be fitted.
n : Number of air ways of the attenuator. Usually the number of ways = Number of full splitters
Note: half splitter is normally found on both sides of the attenuator.
B : This is air way width (distance between two splitters) in meter
l : Air way length. This is also attenuator length in meter
Ti : This is the inlet air temperature in deg C. This will automatically appear here.
T : This is the maximum temperature rise across the attenuator duct in deg C. For inlet attenuator typically =0 and for
discharge attenuators will be 30-40 deg C

Note: In the verification mode all design parameters will be hidden (not required) only room internal dimensions and distances will be
required.

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DESIGN RESULTANT SPL & P:
The below box gives the final results based on the design/verification of the attenuators. The two resultant figures are the noise SPL at
the measuring point and the pressure drop across the attenuator.

ROOM/ENCLOSURE TO RECEIVER POINT CALCULATIONS RESULTS:

The below table shows the detailed sound calculations. It starts with the source sound power level and it applies all the corrections
until we reach to the sound power level as measured at the receiver point which is at r1 distance from the attenuator external face.

Engine SWL0 : This is the sound power level in dB (ref: 10-12 watt) of the source
Room Volume Correction : This is plus or minus contribution of the room volume in dB
Rev time correction : This is the plus or minus contribution of the room reflections (reverberation) in dB
Aperture area correction : This is the contribution of the aperture area in increasing or decreasing the noise in dB
Non-Rev correction : 6 dB or 20 log 2
SWL (Aperture) : The sound power emitted from the aperture without having attenuator (open)
Aperture directivity : How much the aperture can concentrate the noise in certain directions in dB
Distance correction (r1) : How much the sound level will decrease due to the distance r1 attenuation in dB
Near field correction : Applied when the ratio of test surface area to machine surface area is less than 2
SPL at receiver (rev path) : Sound pressure level considering the room reverberation effect.
Distance correction (r2) : Correction of the direct distance r2 from the noise source to the measuring point
Direct path surface corr. : This is the contribution of the surface area in increasing or decreasing the noise in dB
SPL at receiver (direct path) : SPL at the measuring point in dB without the reverberation room effect.
SPL at receiver (Total) : Total SPL considering direct sound and reverberation sound at measuring point in dB
Duct Noise SWL : The noise generated by the duct due to air flow in dB (ref 10-12 watt)
Static insertion loss (SIL) : Insertion loss in dB of the attenuator without air flow.
Dynamic Insertion Loss (DIL) : Insertion loss in dB of the attenuator with air flow considered.
SPL at receiver : SPL at the measuring point with the attenuator installed
dBA scale weightings : dBA filter. This gives the actual SPL the human ear can hear at different frequencies.

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Other Tools in the Attenuator Design Module: On the right hand side of the page, you have to drop down lists:

1. Show / Hide parameters. You can select to show or to hide the parameters. These parameters are provided usually for the
acoustics and fluid dynamics specialists. You may not wish to show this to you customer. In this case you can hide them.
2. Show / Hide Alarms. You can switch ON the red color alarm texts or hide them as you wish. The alarm gives you hints when
you make a selection of a design parameter that may not give the required results.

5. Rectangular Attenuators IL & P:

APPLICATION:
This module is used to get the insertion losses (SIL/DIL) and Pressure Drop (P) without the need to make sound calculations in a room
or enclosure. This can be used by sound attenuator manufacturers for planning, standardization or produce of catalogues.

WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND MAIN DESIGN PARAMETERS:

The below box shows the entries are the same as in the design module. Where you select to design inlet or discharge, eneter the
ambient temperature, altitude, attenuator inlet and exit head configurations.

ATTENUATOR DESIGN PARAMETERS:

The below box show the entries are the same as in the design module except no parameters are required for the sound calculations at
certain distance like in the design module.

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IL & P RESULTS:
The following box show the resultant pressure loss across the attenuator and the insertion losses (SIL/DIL):

6. Acoustic Louvers Design Module

APPLICATION:
To design acoustic louvers to meet certain noise and air pressure drop criteria for inlet as well as for discharge air applications.

TITLE BLOCK AND SPL/SWL DATA:

The first block you see below in this module is what you want to do. The drop down list will allow you select: either design inlet or
design discharge air acoustic louvers. Then another drop down list ask you to select the louver configuration among FIVE (5) different
models.

Model 1 : Straight 45 degrees blade louver

Model 2 : Chevron 90 degrees sharp bend louver
Model 3 : Chevron 90 degrees rounded bend louver
Model 4 : Chevron two 45 degrees bends louver
Model 5 : Straight 45 degrees blade louver with two bends 45 degree each

Then you select the inlet air temperature and altitude.

Then you select the type of data that you have SPL or SWL. If you select the SWL then enter them in dB. If you select the SPL then you
must also enter the distance in meter at which this data is given to you. When SPL is selected, you should also enter the source noise
machine box dimensions in accordance to ISO 6798/3744. This is the minimum height, width and length of a box that envelops the

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machine. Please notice that only the machine parts that give the noise shall be considered. If any major part(s) is(are) attached to this
machine that is not emitting noise it should not be included within the envelope. For a diesel engine driving ac generator only the
engine itself shall be considered and the alternator and air filters shall be excluded. This information is so critical and necessary for the
software to calculate the SWL from SPL.

ACOUSTIC LOUVERS DESIGN PARAMETERS:

In the below block you need to enter the room dimensions and the room average sound absorption coefficients. If the coefficients are
not known to you then you can estimate them using the ALPHA estimator module. The smaller the alpha coefficients the higher the
reverberation time, and the higher the reverberation sound component will be.
TF : This is the top frame dimension in meters
BF : This is the bottom frame dimension in meters
H : This is the total height of the louver (aperture height) in meters
A : This is the blade thickness in meters
B : This is the air way width in meters

Then the design parameters box will be asking you to select the parameters to achieve your noise criteria and acceptable pressure
drop as follows:

r1 This is the distance between the measuring point and the outside surface of the louver
r2 This is the direct path distance between the sound source (inside the room) and the measuring point (assuming no louvers
is fitted in the aperture)
Q This is the total air flow through the aperture/louvers
h Aperture height in m
w Aperture width in m
n Number of airways. The number of identical louver blades will be: n-1
FA% Free area percentage. This is the percentage of the effective area the air flows through to the total area bounded by h x w
TF This is the top frame dimension in meters as explained in the previous sketch.
BF This is the bottom frame dimension in meters as explained in the previous sketch.
Ti This is the inlet air temperature in deg C
T This is the maximum temperature rise allowed on top of the inlet air temp in deg C

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RESULTANT TRANSMISSION LOSS AND PRESSURE DROP:
The below block gives the results based on the designed louvers. The two resultant figures are the noise SPL at the measuring point
and the pressure drop across the louvers. The table shows also the Noise Reduction and the Transmission Loss of the designed louvers.

LOUVERS ROOM/ENCLOSURE SOUND CALCULATIONS:

The below table shows the detailed sound calculations. It starts with the source sound power level and it applies all the corrections
until we reach to the sound pressure as measured at the receiver point, which is at r1 distance from the louvers external face.

Engine SWL0 : This is the sound power level in dB (ref: 10-12 watt) of the source
Room Volume Correction : This is plus or minus contribution of the room volume in dB
Rev time correction : This is the plus or minus contribution of the room reflections (reverberation) in dB
Source SPLrev : This is the average reverberant sound pressure level inside the room/enclosure in dB (ISO 3741)
Aperture area correction : This is the contribution of the aperture area in increasing or decreasing the noise in dB
Non-Rev correction : 6 dB or 20 log 2
Aperture directivity : How much the aperture can concentrate the noise in certain directions in dB
Distance correction (r1) : How much the sound level will decrease due to the distance attenuation in dB
Noise additions : Other contributions by other systems in dB
Surface directivity : Directivity of the louvers external surface in dB
Near field correction : Applied when the ratio of test surface area to machine surface area is less than 2
SPL at receiver (rev path) : Sound pressure level considering the room reverberation effect.
Distance correction (r2) : Direct distance from the noise source to the measuring point
Direct path surface corr. : This is the contribution of the surface area in increasing or decreasing the noise in dB
SPL at receiver (direct path) : SPL at the measuring point in dB without the reverberation room effect.
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SPL at receiver (Total) : Total SPL considering direct sound and reverberation sound at measuring point in dB
Regenerated noise SWL : The noise generated by the louver airways due to airflow in dB (ref 10-12 watt)
Transmission Loss (TL) : Transmission Loss in dB of the louvers, which is 6 dB less than the free field noise reduction.
SPL at receiver : SPL at the measuring point with the louvers installed
dBA scale weightings : dBA filter. This gives the actual SPL the human ear can hear at different frequencies.

Louver Models:

Other Tools:

On the right hand side of the page, you have to drop down lists:

1. Show / Hide parameters. You can select to show or to hide the parameters. These parameters are provided usually for the
acoustics and fluid dynamics specialists. You may not wish to show this to you customer. In this case, you can select to hide
them.
2. Show / Hide Alarms. You can switch ON the red color alarm texts or hide them as you wish. The alarm gives you hints when
you make a selection of a design parameter that may not give the required results.

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7. Free Field Sound Calculations:
APPLICATION:
To find the Sound Pressure level (SPL) at certain distance from the source (SWL) or from another point which has a known SPL. Point
source are small size source of noise such as speakers, small open windows,…etc. The free filed is defined here as no reflecting
surfaces other than the earth is affecting the sound level at the receiver.

CASE-1: POINT SOURCE:

You can get the SPL at a certain distance from the source (SWL) if the source is known or at a certain distance from another point if the
SPL is known at that point.

Select Parameter : You may select here SWL or SPL1. If you select SWL then you will get the SPL2 at distance r2 from SWL
If you selected SPL1 then you will get the SPL2 at distance r2 from SPL1
Select Unit : Select what units the data for SWL or SPL1 that you will enter
Directivity : Enter directivity of the noise source weather SWL or SPL1
r1 : Distance from SWL to known SPL (SPL1)
r2 : Distance from SWL to unknown SPL (SPL2)
SPL1 : Known SPL at distance r1.
SPL2 : Unknown SPL at r2

CASE 2: FINITE PLANE SOURCE:

The module models the plane source such as generator enclosure wall, attenuator, louvers, big window,…etc.

Select Parameter : You may select here SWL or SPL1. If you select SWL then you will get the SPL2 at distance r2 from SWL
If you selected SPL1 then you will get the SPL2 at distance r2 from SPL1
Select Unit : Select what units the data for SWL or SPL1 that you will enter
H : Height of the plane (wall, window, enclosure side wall,..)
L : length of the plane (wall, window, enclosure side wall,..)
r1 : Distance from SWL to known SPL (SPL1)
r2 : Distance from SWL to unknown SPL (SPL2)
SPL1 : Known SPL at distance r1.
SPL2 : Unknown SPL at r2

The figure below shows an example of the plane source where the wall is SWL and the distance is 10 meter. SWL data over the octave
band is entered in the table below and the wall dimensions are entered. The module will calculate the SPL at 10 meter. In this
example, since you chose a known SWL then you have to enter the values of SWL over the octave band frequencies to get SPL at 10m

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In the figure below another example is shown where SPL1 is known at 1.0 meter and SPL2 to be found at 10 meter from the source.
You need to select the parameter as either SPL1 or SWL. If you select SWL then this point will be the source. If you selected SPL 1 then
you have to enter the distance from the SWL (source) to get SPL2. Unit must also be chosen. Enter the dimensions of the wall that is
facing the measuring point.

8. Reverberant Field Sound Calculations:

APPLICATION:
To find the Sound Pressure level (SPL) at certain distance from the source (SWL) or from another point which has a known SPL inside
reverberant room. The reverberant field is defined here, as the field that has both absorptions and reflections and the sound
measured at any point is the combination of the direct path plus the reverberant path. This module does sound calculations inside
rooms or reverberant fields where absorption and refection exist. This module enables the user to find the sound pressure level (SPL)
at any point inside the room/enclosure if we know the source SWL or we know the SPL at certain point. Yu can use the module if you
have only a single figure noise dBA value (like the one measured by any sound level meter) or you can be enter the know SWL or SPL
values at all octave band frequencies.

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CASE 1: SWL OR SPL1 ARE AVAILABLE AS SINGL FIGURE:
As you can see in the two figures below (both cases) you need to enter the known SWL or SPL1 values at all octave band frequencies,
enter the room/enclosure internal dimensions and then select the room/enclosure reverberation information represented by average
absorption coefficient. The software suggest to you certain values as follows:

0.05 Nearly empty room with smooth hard walls made of concrete, bricks, plaster or tile.
0.1 Partly empty room, room with smooth walls
0.15 Room with furniture, rectangular machinery room, and rectangular industrial room.
0.2 Irregularly shaped room with furniture, irregularly shaped machinery room or industrial room
0.25 Room with upholstered furniture, machinery or industrial room with a small amount of acoustical material, e.g. partially
Absorptive ceiling, on ceiling or walls.
0.35 Room with acoustical materials on both ceiling and walls.
0.5 Room with large amounts of acoustical materials on ceiling and walls

CASE 2: SWL OR SPL1 ARE AVAILABLE AS OCTAVE BAND:

This case is the same as case-1 expect we enter the values of SWL or SPL1 on all octave band frequencies

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9. Room Absorption Estimator:
APPLICATION:
To find the average sound absorption coefficients of the room or enclosure based on the selected internal walls, floor and ceiling
acoustic lining details.

USING THE MODULE:

This tool is very important. Actually you need to start from here whenever you want to design or do sound calculations for
rooms/enclosures. In this tool, you specify the room internal walls, ceiling and floor absorptive characteristics and their effective
areas. As you see in the below figure you can either select to get the best estimate of coefficients or if you know them you can select
Enter room absorption coefficients manually. If you select the software to get your best estimates then you have to select the
sidewalls, end walls, ceiling and floor acoustic lining from the drop down lists. Then enter the coverage of this absorption with relative
to the complete wall in percentage.

RESULTS (GET BEST ESTIMATES CHOICE):

The results are displayed as shown below and the average absorption coefficients at all octave band frequencies are calculated along
with the 60 seconds reverberation time (T60).

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RESULTS (ENTER MANUALLY ALL COEFFICIENTS):
If you selected the manual entry of the absorption coefficients of all walls then enter all of them at all frequencies as shown below and
you will again get the average absorption coefficients and 60-second reverberation times (T60):

10. TI & P% Perforation Calculator:

APPLICATION:
To configure the perforation sheet to get transparency Index (TI) that will be automatically reflected on all design modules (Wall,
Attenuator and Louvers).

DATA ENTRY:
This tool helps to find out the Transparency Index (TI) of the perforated sheet that covers the acoustic material.
In general the higher the TI the more transparent the sheet to the sound waves. The TI is very sensitive to the high frequency waves
while it is not so sensitive to the low frequency waves. As a guide, the TI should be typically 1000 or higher. Values lower than 1000
will cause the sheet to reflect the high frequency waves (2000 Hz and higher) and not absorb them.

The parameters are defined below for any sheet. The Se shall be entered below to get the Access Factor (AF) that will affect the
absorption coefficients of the acoustic material underneath.

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11. Extended Ducts Pressure Drop Calculator:
APPLICATION:
To find the pressure drop across extensions that are connected to inlet or discharge openings or attenuators.

DATA ENTRY:
When using attenuators we may have to extend the inlet or discharge duct using either straight rectangular duct, 90 deg sharp elbow
or 45 deg sharp elbow or 90 deg curved elbows. Then you select the internal surface characteristics of the selected extension ducts.
The dimensions must be also entered, length of the duct and the temperature of the air flowing in the duct. Enter air flow rate.

The result is the pressure drop as shown above.

DUCT EXTENSION TYPES:

You can choose between these available duct extensions:

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12. Diesel Engine Sound Estimator:
APPLICATION:
This tool helps to estimate:

1. Engine Surface Noise and Exhaust Noise SPL/SWL

2. Radiator Air Fan Flow Rate and Air Inlet Flow Rate

This information must always be obtained from the diesel engine manufacturers. When this becomes not possible then use this
estimator. The estimator uses a database of several famous engines at different ratings to get the best estimate.
You select the engine parameters that are related to the rating in KW, speed, strokes, No of cylinders, configuration, filtration,…etc

PARAMETERS SELECTION:
Diesel Engine Rating : Engine ISO 3046 rating in KW
Turbocharger : Select yes or no. This will add turbocharger noise
Length of exhaust pipe : The length of pipe after the flexible joint
Running Speed : Select the speed in rpm for the engine
Strokes : Select either 2 or 4 strokes. Typically, 2 stroke produces higher noise than 4 stroke
Engine configuration : Select line engine or V-Type
No of cylinders : Select number of cylinders. More cylinders means higher SWL
Fuel type : Select type of fuel used
Air Intake Configuration : Select how the engine filtration system is mounted
Exhaust Pipe diameter : Enter the approximate pipe internal diameter in mm

ESTIMATED SOUND & AIRFLOW RESULTS:

The resulting parameters are the inlet airflow, discharge airflow, Firing frequency, engine surface noise SPL and exhaust noise SWL/SPL

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13. HVAC Ducts Acoustics Calculations Module:
APPLICATION:
The HVAC Acoustics Module is used to verify the attenuation of selected ducts configuration from the AHU to the terminal at the room
specifying the acceptance criteria as Noise Criteria NC. The module enables you to enter attenuator to achieve the criteria.

PROJECT TITLE BLOCK:

The first block of the sound calculations shown below is where we enter the customer name, project name, building designation, room
no., report date, report no., title, checked by and approved by.

SOURCE SWL AND DUCT SYSTEM SPLIT CONFIGURATION:

Then the next is the sound power level (SWL) of the source noise (AHU fan system) in dB.

Select the SWL Power Split Loss levels from the AHU duct to the room terminal duct.
For example if the AUH duct will split into 3 ducts and each of the 3 ducts will split into 6 ducts then you enter in the first line split into
3 then in the second line split into 6 and so on.

See the diagram below which explains how the duct splitting configuration. The above selection allows three (3) levels of splitting
where:

AHU source duct Level 0

Branch Ducts Level 1
Sub-Branch Ducts Level 2
Outlets Ducts Level 3

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DUCT ACOUSTIC CONFIGURATION:

Select all duct types from AHU to the terminal unit where your criteria will hold and for the similar ducts sum up the lengths together.
The sheet allows ten (10) different types of ducts to be entered.

You have to select:

Duct Type : Select either Rectangular Duct, Round Duct

Lining : Select either unlined, lined 25 mm or 50mm. This is the internal duct acoustic lining material.
Dimensions : Select the nearest duct dimensions that matches with you duct. The duct sizes shown are standard ASHRAE
Length : Enter length of the duct in meters

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RADIUSSED ELBOWS:

The following blocks allows you to select the elbows in your system as follows:

Type : Select Square Elbow, Round Elbows or Square elbows with vanes
Lining : Select either unlined or lined 25 mm
Dimensions : Enter the width of the duct (largest dimension) in mm
Quantity : Select quantity of this type of elbow

OTHER ATTENUATIONS:

This block allows you to enter manually any other attenuation that you want to include and not considered as part of the duct itself or
the elbows. The block allows for up to Five (5) attenuations entered.

SWL AT THE ROOM OUTLET:

The following block will calculate the Sound Power Level coming from the AHU at the outlet just before entering to the room where
we want the criteria (NCxx) to be met:

Outlet End Reflection Loss : Enter the outlet dimensions and the HVAC Acoustics Module will calculate the ERL (End Reflection Loss)
at the outlet. This loss (dB’s) will be added to the duct and elbows attenuations that have been
Previously selected and/or configured.

SWL at the outlet : This is the SWLAHU – All attenuations in the duct including the ERL
Env Adjustment Factor : Difference between sound power levels measured using a free field calibrated reference sound source
and a reverberant field calibrated reference sound source. Sound power measured in accordance with
ASHRAE Standard 130 is based upon a free field calibrated reference sound source and the
Environmental adjustment factors are used to correct these values to those using a reverberant field
Calibrated reference sound source because building spaces more closely represent a reverberant sound
field. Select either ARI 885-90 or ARI 885-98 or None. If you do not know, which one is applicable better
select None.

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SOUND CALULATIONS INSIDE THE ROOM:

The sound represented by SWL from the previous will now emit sound inside the room. This sound will be absorbed or reflected inside
the room depending on its volume, average absorption coefficients and outlet directivity:

Room Internal Dimensions : Enter room internal height, width and length in meters
Room Absorption Type : Select either calculated values (enter them manually) or very soft, soft, normal, hard or very hard
Very Soft : Very high absorption. Example: Radio and TV Studios
Soft : High Absorption. Example: Restaurant, Lecture Hall or Theater
Normal : Normal Absorption. Example: Office, Library or Flat
Hard : High Reflection. Example: Hospital and Mosques
Very Hard: Very High Reflection. Example: Large Empty Rooms, Factories and unlined plant rooms

Outlet Directivity : Select outlet directivity. This should range between 1.5 to 8.
For example: If the outlet is in the middle of large wall then the directivity is 2.0.
Distance to the Listener : Enter the distance from the outlet to where the NCxx will be measured.
This is normally between 0.7 to 1.5 meters

CASE-1: SOUND ATTENUATOR INSERTION LOSS IS KNOWN. THEN VERIFY:

If you selected Attenuator then you should enter the insertion loss of the attenuator to verify if the above system along with the room
acoustic properties will achieve which NC.

CASE-2: NOISE CRITERIA NCXX MUST BE ACHIEVED:

In this mostly used case is you fix the criteria as specified by the customer or building/health codes and then find what attenuator
should be fitted to achieve these criteria.

In either cases, the resultant sound pressure level at the listener (measuring point) will be displayed in the curve below. For case-1, the
curve must be completely below the NC curve to comply otherwise attenuator must be reconsidered.

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14. AX-05 CONFIGURATOR:
The configurator sheet is available with the AX-05 (Diesel Generators Sound Attenuation Design Package) versions 3.2 and above
It consists of:

 Design Criteria selection

 Fixed design data
 Wall / Inlet / Discharge Configuration

The procedure to use it is as follows:

1. Select the target noise rating (NR)

2. Select what kind of data is available with you (SPL or SWL)
3. If SWL enter SWL values in dB. If data is given in dBA then convert to dB. Use attached excel sheet
4. If SPL enter SPL values in dB. If data is given in dBA then convert to dB. Use attached excel sheet
5. If SPL then enter the engine boxed dimensions according to ISO 6798

6. Enter the room or enclosure internal dimensions in which the sound is absorbed and/or reflected
7. Enter the ambient temperature (Fresh inlet temperature) and the altitude
8. Enter Inlet air flow. For engine driven radiator fans = fan air flow + engine combustion air flow. In the case of
remote radiator and using ventilation fans. If the fan is at the discharge then inlet = discharge fan flow + engine
combustion. If the fan is a suction fan at the inlet then inlet flow = fan flow
9. Enter Discharge air flow. See point # 9 above
10. Enter the inlet air T1. This is how much the fresh air temp will increase before it passes through radiator.
Standard practice for efficient operation 8-12 C.
11. Enter the inlet air T2. This is how much the air reaching the radiator will get heated after passing the radiator.
This is 30-40 C

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12. Go to ALPHA Tool page to select the room or enclosure internal lining configuration from the standard database or
you can enter it manually if you are using a material that is not in the Acostix ™ database.

13. Return to the configurator page and jump to the INLET/DISCHARGE configuration. Here you can select up to
three inlet methods for the same enclosure + select one of two discharge methods. Example: You want to select
inlet attenuator + Inlet louvers + discharge attenuator. Then select as shown below
14. Jump to the wall page. Select the design until you satisfy the criteria and return to the configurator
15. Jump to the inlet page(s). Select and design your inlet attenuator(s) and/or louvers until you satisfy the criteria
(NR)
16. Jump to the discharge attenuator page. Select and design your inlet attenuator(s) and/or louvers until you
satisfy the Criteria.
17. In the discharge module you can also select up to Four (4) exhaust fans and you can select a discharge deflector
and a vertical discharge attenuator in series after the deflector. For the vertical attenuator you jump to the
Attenuator IL & DP sheet to design it. The IL & press drop will automatically export to the discharge attenuator
design module.

18. For all other details please refer to other sections of this manual, from 1 to 13

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