Arnold Engineering Development Center, Attn: AEDC PKP, 100 Kindel Drive, Suite A332, Arnold AFB, TN 37389-1332

36 -- VALVE 3 SURGE STACK SILENCER SOL F40650-98-Q-0013 DUE 052198 POC Kimberly Williams, Contract Specialist, (931) 454-7841; Alan C. Fudge, Contracting Officer, (931) 454-7841 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via e-mail, williamskm@hap.arnold.af.mil. This procurement is for the materials, labor, fabrication, and delivery of a silencer to be installed on the outlet of Valve 3 at Arnold Air Force Base. Valve 3 is a 36" butterfly valve located downstream of the ETF A-Plant compressors XA11 and XA12. The valve provides a flow path to atmosphere for running the compressors off-header and serves as a surge valve during normal operation. Noise from the continuous discharge of up to 320 pounds mass per second of air at 435 degrees Fahrenheit must be attenuated to less than 90dBA. The silencer must structurally withstand instantaneous mass flows of up to 520 pounds mass per second. Firms responding to this synopsis should do so in writing within 15 days from the date of this synopsis. (0111)

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