Oil and Gas | Downstream Operations

Gas Processing Plants

Noise Control Solutions for Gas Processing Plants

Gas processing plants operate high-pressure equipment that generates substantial noise during both continuous operation and intermittent events. Compressors, turbines, flare systems, dehydrators and pressure relief valves each contribute to overall noise levels, and a blowdown or relief event can raise site noise levels in seconds.

Noise Sources In Gas processing plants

  • Compressors and Turbines: continuous intake, exhaust and casing noise.
  • Flare Systems: high-energy gas release during upset and relief conditions.
  • Dehydrators: process equipment and associated piping noise.
  • Pressure Relief Valves: intermittent, high-velocity discharge.

How Burgess-Manning Controls gas processing Noise

To mitigate noise, gas plants deploy tailored silencing systems, including:

  • Reactive Silencers
  • Flue Gas Silencers
  • Silencers on vent lines, blowdown stacks and discharge systems
  • Acoustic barriers around rotating machinery like compressors and engines

Natural gas processing plants often engage in noise measurement, site surveys and detailed acoustic modeling to identify dominant noise sources and evaluate the effectiveness of potential solutions. Retrofitting of noise control solutions is employed when operational changes or equipment upgrades introduce new acoustic challenges.

Downstream Operations SOLUTIONS

Burgess-Manning Industrial Noise Control Solutions

Vent Silencer

Reactive Silencer

Absorptive Silencer

Flue gas silencers at a fuel power plant.

Flue Gas SIlencer

Industrial facility featuring several large, white, Blowdown Vent Silencers likely manufactured by Burgess-Manning.

Blowdown Separator Silencer

Close up view of Burgess-Manning Inline Silencer.

In-Line Silencer

Acoustic Wall/Noise Barrier

Acoustic generator enclosures with exhaust silencers.

Acoustic Enclosures