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Excel-worksheet predicts control

valve hydrodynamic noise
R
eference 1 (see box text on next you tend not to share it. I did find 18 noise
Most control valve page) includes a simplified method tests that I believe to be reliable, and using
manufacturers for predicting hydrodynamic noise this simplified noise prediction method, aver-
developed by H. D. Baumann, an age errors from test data ranged from minus
include EC 60534-8- internationally recognized control valve expert 2.5 to plus 3.7 dB(A).
4:2015 in their control who has spent many years investigating con- Control valve noise prediction methods normal-
trol valve noise mechanisms and theory. ly claim accuracy of plus or minus 5 dB(A). IEC
valve sizing and Reliable valve noise test data is difficult to find 60534-8-4:2015 gives two example calculations.
selection software to unless you are a valve manufacturer and then For Example 1, this simplified method calculates

predict control valve A B C D

hydrodynamic noise. 1 Control Valve Hydrodynamic Noise Calculation method by Hans D. Baumann
However, users who 2 Valve World Magazine, December, 2019 Worksheet by Jon F. Monsen
want to make quick 3

noise predictions 4

or who want to 5 Name of Cell

6 Given Process Data Unit to the right User inputs
construct valve 7 Inlet pressurre, P1 psiA P_1 100
sizing applications, 8 Outlet pressure, P2 psiA P_2 40
programming the 9 Liquid vapor pressure, Pv psiA P_v 0.5
above noise standard 10
can be a daunting 11 Valve/Pipe Parameters

task. Therefore, I 12 Downstream pipe diameter, D inch D 6

have developed 13 Valve capacity, Cv C_v 85

14 Liquid pressure recovery factor, FL F_L 0.7
an Excel-based
15 Diff press ratio of incipient cavitation noise, xFz x_Fz 0.28
worksheet that 16 Valve Style, rw (globe = 3, others= 0) dB rw 0
enables a quick and 17
simple calculation. 18 Modifiers
By Jon F. Monsen 19 Downstream Pipe schedule (40 = 0, 80 = – 4) dB ps 0
20 Calculation results
21 Calculated SPL (LpAe1m) dB(A) SPL 90.4
About the author:
22
Jon F. Monsen, Ph.D., P.E. is
a control valve technology 23
consultant at Valin Corporation. 24 Calculations
He has more than 40 years’
experience in the control valve 25 X, Pressure ratio X 0.603015075
industry and lectured nationally 26 X at max cavitation, Xy Xy 0.64
and internationally on the subjects
of control valve application and 27 A dB A 14.7026071
sizing. He is also the author of 28 B dB B 35
the chapter on “Computerized
Control Valve Sizing” in the ISA 29 c1 dB C_1 20.7058824
Practical Guides book on Control 30 c2 dB C_2 19.9902083
Valves and wrote the book Control
Valve Application Technology: 31 c3 dB C_3 0
Techniques and Considerations 32 C=c1+c2–c3 dB(A) C_ 40.6960907
for Properly Selecting the Right
Control Valve. He can be reached 33 LpAe1m= A+B+C-rw+ps dB(A) LpAe1m 90.3986978
at [email protected]
Screen 1

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you should get the calculation results

D
shown in green on Screen 1.
21 =IFERROR(LpAe1m,””)
22 Calculated results
The formulas for all the calculations rely on
23 the cells in Column D having the names to
24 their left in Column C. To name them, high-
light both Columns C and D, rows 7 through
25 =(P_1-P_2)/(P_1-P_v)
33. Select the “Formulas” tab, select
26 =(1+x_Fz)/2 “Create from Selection” then check “Left
column” and click “OK.” Now all the cells in
27 =8*LOG10(D)+12*LOG10(C_v/D^2)+4
Column D, Rows 7 through 33 will have the
28 =35*LOG10(P_1)-35 names in the cells to their left.
29 =IF(X>=F_L^2,(30*LOG10(10*F_L^2)),30*LOG10(10*X)) This makes it possible for all the formulas
to use the actual names of each vari-
30 =IF(X>Xy,60*LOG(Xy/x_Fz),IF(X>=x_Fz,60*LOG(X/x_Fz),0)) able instead of simply cell references. For
31 =IF(X>=Xy,120*LOG10(X/Xy),0) example, the inlet pressure, P_1, appears
in all the formulas that depend on it as
32 =C_1+C_2-C_3
“P_1” instead as simply “D7.” You can do
33 =A+B+C_-rw+ps this in one step. Excel will ignore any cells
Screen 2 that have nothing in them.
Finally, enter the formulas shown on
Screen 2 (column D) in the appropri-
E
ate cells. This requires great care for the
21 =IFERROR(E33,””) Excel-sheet to work properly. If you have
accurately entered the process and valve
22 data, and the formulas, you will get the
23 calculated results shown in green on
Screen 1.
24

25 =(E7-E8)/(E7-E9) Extend the worksheet

As an option you can add an additional
26 =(1+E15)/2 column of noise calculations by entering
27 =8*LOG10(E12)+12*LOG10(E13/E12^2)+4 the formulas shown on Screen 3 in Column
E. The process and valve parameters for
28 =35*LOG10(E7)-35 this column of calculations would be en-
tered in Column E.
29 =IF(E25>=E14^2,(30*LOG10(10*E14^2)),30*LOG10(10*E25))
If you choose to perform the above step,
30 =IF(E25>E26,60*LOG(E26/E15),IF(E25>=E15,60*LOG(E25/E15),0)) it will be extremely easy to extend the
worksheet to include any number of cal-
31 =IF(E25 >= E26,120*LOG10(E25/E26), 0)
culations that you choose. For example, if
32 =E29+E30-E31 you want to add another eight calculations
to the worksheet, do the following:
33 =E27+E28+E32-E16+E19
1. Select Column E, cells 21 through 33.
Screen 3 2. Copy these cells (ctrl + C).
3. Click on Cell F21 and drag the pointer
a predicted sound pressure level that is of this article describes how to construct such to M21
1.3 dB(A) lower and for Example 2, 1.7 an Excel sheet. 4. Paste (ctrl + P)
dB(A) lower. Reference 1 lists the calculation steps and You would then have a worksheet that will
shows the formulas used in a conventional calculate hydrodynamic noise for ten sets
How to construct the Excel-sheet format. Screen 1 is an Excel-worksheet that of conditions.
Reference 1 suggests that the method is implements the calculations described in
simple enough to be implemented with a Reference 1. To construct the worksheet,
References
pocket calculator or one of the many calcula- start by entering the text shown in black,
Reference 1. Stop cavitation from destroy-
tor apps available for cell phones. A sample all of which is simply plain text.
hand calculation is included in the article to Column D, Rows 7 through 9, 12 through ing your control valve trims, Valve World
demonstrate this claim. Several people have 16 and 19 is where the user’s process December 2019 pp 61-63.
contacted me saying that it would be easier and valve data are entered. The numbers Reference 1 can be viewed at:
to have an Excel-worksheet for this proposed shown in red are the sample process and https://www.valin.com/sites/default/files/
method. This should be easy to construct, but valve data that were used in the sample
asset/document/Stop-Cavitation-from-
so far as I know, no one has actually done it, calculation of Reference 1. To test the
Destroying-Your-Control-Valve-Trims.pdf
at least not to share with others. The balance worksheet, if you enter these sample data

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