The Real World Hum - Natural Gas Pipelines and Infrastructure

Do natural gas compressors emit low frequency noise ?

Higher natural gas demand for electricity generation accounted for nearly all the annual growth. The faster-than-expected phase-out of coal power plants boosted demand in the electricity generation sector. AER  - Natural Gas Demand

https://www.aer.ca/providing-information/data-and-reports/statistical-reports/st98/natural-gas/demand

Heartland Generation Announces Completion of Off Coal Transitions at Battle River and Sheerness Generating Stations.

More than 100 coal-fired plants have been replaced or converted to natural gas since 2011

North America

Natural Gas Pipeline Compressor Stations and Major Natural Gas Transportation Corridors
https://www.sites.google.com/site/metropolitanforensics/natural-gas-pipeline-compressor-stations-and-major-natural-gas-transportation-corridors

New Zealand - https://www.gasindustry.co.nz/about-the-industry/
Ahuroa Underground Gas Storage Facility - https://www.hydrocarbons-technology.com/projects/ahuroa-underground-gas-storage-facility/
Map of Pipelines in New Zealand - https://theodora.com/pipelines/australia_new_zealand_and_papua_new_guinea_pipelines_map.jpg


Low Frequency Noise generated by Natural Gas Pipelines and Infrastructure

F-9204 Gas Compressor Industry Noise Regulation and Control Review Handbook
Prepared for: The INGAA Foundation. Inc. May 1992

Reciprocating compressors exhibited destructive low frequency pressure pulsations and noise.
 In most cases, it is essential to use a reactive inlet compressor silencer to dissipate the pulse energy.

Low Frequency Noise of Gas Turbines - January 1973 - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/243499606_Low_Frequency_Noise_of_Gas_Turbines?

Low Frequency Noise Emission From a Natural Gas Compressor Station -     May 1987
Authors: Manfred Sieminski , Manfred Schneider
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255047951_Low_Frequency_Noise_Emission_From_a_Natural_Gas_Compressor_Station

ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE FROM OPEN-CYCLE GAS TURBINES
Ben Cazzolato - University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia - July 2023