Short-Term Noise Monitoring with DELTA

Copenhagen, Denmark, December 10, 2015 --(PR.com)-- DELTA - one of the leading acoustical consultant companies in Denmark - accepted a project to measure airport noise. Making actual noise measurements and calculating how changes in air traffic affect the propagation of noise can be time consuming and expensive. It is often more efficient for airports to estimate both the noise impact and how changes in air traffic or other noisy activities can affect neighbours. However, in order to verify to authorities that its calculations are correct, an airport has to find a way to validate them, which is where DELTA come in.

As deadlines were tight, DELTA needed a ready-to-use system that could perform the necessary measurements and store the heavy data load until the project had finished. In addition, the validation of the customer’s calculation needed to comply with ISO 20906 for aircraft noise monitoring. DELTA decided to take up a subscription to Brüel & Kjær’s Noise Sentinel On Demand service, which met the ISO specifications and was ready to use within a short time-frame.

Noise Sentinel On Demand is a noise monitoring service that includes all the necessary hardware to complete the job. It is an online experience with easy registration, order processing and quick delivery. DELTA ordered everything and received all the necessary parts a few days later, ready to set up.

For this particular project, two terminals were required for continuous noise measurement every second, for three months. Connected to mains power on site, as well as back-up battery support, the noise monitoring terminals ensured continuous measurement throughout the three-month period. With that in place, the consultant could follow the noise from his office, listen to audio clips and evaluate data at his convenience.

About Brüel & Kjær

Brüel & Kjær is a world-leading manufacturer and supplier of sound and vibration measurement systems.

We help customers measure and manage the quality of sound and vibration in their products and in the environment. Focus areas are aerospace, space, defence, automotive, ground transportation, airport environment, urban environment, telecom and audio.

Brüel & Kjær has an unparalleled portfolio of sound and vibration equipment and is a long-established designer and manufacturer of innovative instrumentation including sound level meters, microphones, accelerometers, conditioning amplifiers, calibrators, noise and vibration analysers, and PULSE software.

We also design and manufacture the LDS range of vibration test systems, as well as complete airport and environmental monitoring systems: WebTrak, ANOMS, NoiseOffice and Noise Sentinel.

Brüel & Kjær runs a variety of training courses - from basic introductions to noise and its effects to more specialised classes teaching customers how to get the most out of their equipment. Free online training courses, conducted by our expert engineers, run throughout the year too.

Brüel & Kjær is a subsidiary of UK-based Spectris plc, which has annual sales of £1.1bn and employs around 8,300 people worldwide across its four business segments.