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Indoor noise measurements evaluations for HVAC-Unit using inter-laboratory comparisons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2012

H. S. Seddeq*
Affiliation:
Associate Professor of the Acoustic Laboratories in Building Physics Research Institute at Housing and Building National Research Center, HBRC, P.O. Box 1770, Cairo, Egypt
A.A. Medhat A. Fahim
Affiliation:
Associate Professor, HVAC Consultant in Electro-Mechanical Research Institute at Housing and Building National Research Center, HBRC, P.O. Box 1770, Cairo, Egypt
*
Correspondence: hodasoliman@yahoo.com
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Abstract

The international standard, ISO/IEC 17025 was developed to determine technical competence and to evaluate laboratories throughout the world. Accreditation bodies playing a vital role are increasingly using proficiency testing methodology as a tool to ensure the credibility of their accreditation programs. The successful completion of a well-designed proficiency test can validate the measurement method and uncertainty budgets of a testing laboratory. Additionally, proficiency tests can provide a good indication about the quality of the test results. An important part of inter-laboratory comparisons and proficiency testing is the determination of the associated error analyses which are focused on uncertainty values. This paper presents the implementation of proficiency tests using inter-laboratory methodology among five different acoustic laboratories. These tests were carried out on 5.27 KWCooling standard unitary air conditioner, A/C, such as through-wall or split room standard A/C units, for the assessment of Housing & Building National Centre acoustic laboratory. Analyses of results show a good agreement for En-Value among the selected laboratories when compared with the lowest uncertainty as stated by proficiency tests standards.

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Research Article
Copyright
© EDP Sciences 2012

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