The estimation of Helmholtz resonator and active noise control to predict noise reduction of fan in an air duct

Aims: The main goal of this paper was to evaluate the effectiveness of Helmholtz resonator in noise reduction of duct equipped with active noise control (ANC). Materials and Methods: Noise frequency band was produced by a propeller fan, which was spread into a plexiglas duct. The noise was formed by digital signal processing (DSP) to estimate the anti-noise which spreads along the duct to postpone the primary noise as a response to DSP. In this method, fan noise was recorded with a microphone. The anti-noise with the same amplitude was reproduced, and the reverse phase postpones the original noise at the primary noise path by a speaker. The designed Helmholtz resonator was installed on the duct for detecting the reduction noise at the tonal interest frequency of 300 Hz. Helmholtz resonators can give sound attenuation at a narrowband of frequencies, close to its resonance frequency. The overall decline changes were estimated in order to predict the effectiveness of the method. Results: In this study, a noise discount of 5-10 dB at the peak frequencies has been observed. The peak frequency of residual noise has reduced 5-10 dB. The value is more than applying ANC system solely to optimize noise lessening of produced noise by a fan along the designed duct. Conclusion: Use of Helmholtz resonator is proposed as a suggestion to optimize the process of noise fall in duct. This study is concerned with the attenuation of tonal noise transmission in ducts by using ANC and side branch resonators together.