We’re an establishment that understands the kind of harm industrial noise can cause. The damage it causes can be permanent if you are not careful. This includes harm to people and the environment. What you need in these situations is the right equipment, particularly silencers. You attach them to your machinery to reduce the amount of noise. Ventx can provide various designs here, such as steam vent silencer solutions and many others.
Concerns
Noise pollution from industrial work is a concern for environmental agencies and operators. The former specify maximum emitted decibel levels you are meant to maintain during operations. The goal is to help prevent hearing loss due to noise exposure. Considering the regulations, operators need to take active steps to lower noise levels at their premises.
The noises from discharging compressed fluids like steam and natural gas from pipelines can be dangerously loud. This is if you don’t have an atmospheric vent silencer. The noise occurs here because of rapid turbulence or fluid expansion in the system. It escapes into the environment through the open stack exit.
Why use a silencer?
Let’s look at how an atmospheric vent silencer works in detail. The info will show why you should invest in them.
The silencers are used to minimise excessive noise. It comes from compressed gases getting vented into the atmosphere via a pipeline. It could be CO2, oxygen, natural gas, or nitrogen. An atmospheric steam vent silencer can reduce noise levels when venting at high pressures and velocity.
Vent silencers feature acoustic cylinders in a steel casing at one end. At the other, it is exposed to the atmosphere. Normally, you install them at the discharge valve or upstream of the pipeline. At this point, noise would otherwise escape into the environment. Standard construction materials include stainless steel and high purity carbon steel.
It is possible to obtain noise level reduction by diffusing the sound utilising an expansion system. You then absorb the sound frequencies with a dissipative system. Gas enters the silencer through an inlet. It lowers the sound pressure and moves it into an acoustic packing system. This absorbs most of the sound energy. Following acoustic attenuation and absorption, the sound output is far lower. This allows it to meet regulatory limits.
Applications
We will end things by talking about applications for these silencers. You can employ them in industries that perform blow-down and periodic, high-pressure gas venting operations. It is possible to install the silencers on equipment like ejectors and fittings. They can also go on various valves too.
Important industrial applications for them include petrochemicals refining and Heat Recovery Steam Generators. Another would be Liquefied Natural Gas.
Do you need a steam vent silencer?
At Ventx, we have helped an impressive list of clients with their noise reduction needs. Thanks to our acoustic modelling software, we can design a suitable solution for everyone. We can work with clients designing new facilities as well as operators who need to reduce the sound of current operations.
So, if you need our help, please get in touch. We’ll design a bespoke steam vent silencer for you or a different model, whichever is best for the application in question.
