Study of acoustic radiation during air stream filtration through a porous medium

The paper presents results of laboratory experiments on studying the characteristics of acoustic emission generated by a flow of compressed air, which is filtered by porous pumice samples with and without partial fluid saturation. The construction features of the laboratory setup and details of the experiments are described. Porous samples with dry and partially fluid-filled pores are used. The visual patterns of the acoustic emission spectrum, which occurs under stationary filtration of the compressed air, are presented, and its amplitude-frequency distribution characteristic for different sample porosities and different degrees of their fluid saturation is shown. It is demonstrated that the relaxation times of the emission noise level differ. This is revealed during the sharp elimination of the drop in pressure from such samples, i.e., in the nonstationary filtration mode.