Hessler Associates Inc.

The firm makes every effort to publish project findings that advance the noise control and acoustical engineering profession, particularly with peer-reviewed Journal articles.

A representative listing of published papers is given below:

“Noise Control Economics of Sitting Gas Turbine Power Plants”, Gas Turbine International Magazine, May/June 1977

“Gas Turbine Installation Sound Emissions”, Co-author, American National Standards Institute, ANSI B133.8-1977, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY

“On-site Acoustic Privacy Investigation and Corrective Design for a Large Training Center”, Noise Control Engineering Journal, Sep/Oct 1985

“Non-acoustic Design Parameters for Industrial Mufflers”, Proceedings of Noise-Con 81-Applied Noise Control Technology, Presented at the Center for Acoustical Studies, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 8-10 June 1981

“Gas Turbine Silencing-Then and Now”, Presented at the International Electric Power Industry, Noise Abatement Engineering Workshop, sponsored BBN Laboratories and the Edison Electric Institute, Cambridge, MA, July 18-19, 1986

“Applications and Experience with a Portable Micro-Computer System Controller and Programmable Sound Level Meter/Frequency Analyzer”, Presented at the 107th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Norfolk, VA 6-10 May, 1984

“Predicting Sound Pressure Levels in the Near and Far Field from Radiating Partitions”, Invited Paper, Presented at the Acoustical Society of America Conference, New Orleans, LA, Nov, 1992

“The Reduction of Low Frequency Combustion Turbine Exhaust Noise – A Case Study”, Presented at the ASME Turbo-Expo ’96, Birmingham, England, June, 1996

“The Control and Optimization of Environmental Noise Emissions from Combustion Turbine Plants”, Proceedings of the ASME International Joint Power Conference , Pages 512-528, Presented in Houston, TX, October 14-16, 1996

“HRSG Noise Issues”, Invited Paper, Presented at the Special Session on Power Plant Noise Issues at the joint ASA/INCE-CON 97, Penn State University, June 1997

“Multi-family Party Wall Design: A Case Study”, Noise Control Engineering Journal , Volume 47, Number 6, 1999 November-December

“Strategy for Writing Procurement Specifications”, Presented at Noise-Con 2000, Newport Beach, CA, 2000 Dec 03-05

“Certifying Noise Emissions from a Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) in Complex Power Plant Environments”, Presented at Noise-Con 2000, Newport Beach, CA, 2000 Dec 03-05

“Controlling Noise Impact in the Community from Power Plant Operations – Recommendations for Ambient Noise Measurements”, Noise Control Engineering Journal, Volume 48, Number 5, 2000 Sept-Oct

“Beware Low Frequency Gas Turbine Noise”, Power Magazine , July/August 2001

“Proposed Criteria for Low Frequency Noise from Combustion Turbine Power Plants”, Presented at and published in the Proceedings of NOISE-CON 2004 , Baltimore, MD, 2004 July 12-14

“Proposed criteria in residential communities for low frequency emissions from industrial sources”, Noise Control Engineering Journal , Volume 52, Number 4, 2004 July-August

“Proposed Criteria for Low Frequency Noise in Residential Communities”, Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control, Volume 24 Number 2 2005

“Experimental study to determine wind-induced noise and windscreen attenuation effects on microphone response for environmental wind turbine and other applications", Noise Control Engineering Journal, Vol 56, No.4, July-August 2008

“The Noise Perception Index (NPI) for assessing noise impact from major industrial facilities and power plants in the U.S.”, Noise Control Engineering Journal , Vol 56, No. 5, Sept-Oct 2008