| Issue |
MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 112, 2017
21st Innovative Manufacturing Engineering & Energy International Conference – IManE&E 2017
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| Article Number | 07001 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Mechanical and Manufacturing Equipment, Devices and Instrumentation, Design and Analysis | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201711207001 | |
| Published online | 03 July 2017 | |
Experimental investigation of noise characteristics for HVAC silencers
Technical University “Gheorghe Asachi” Iaşi, Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronic & Robotics, 700050 Iaşi, Romania
* Corresponding author: carmen.bujoreanu@gmaill.com
Heating, ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems represent a major source of inside buildings noise with a negative effect on the acoustical environment. Therefore, it is necessary to add attenuation to the system. This is provided by sound attenuators or silencers manufactured in different geometrical configurations and with various absorptive lining materials. The paper deals with the insertion loss, as a performance criterion for in-duct noise, of some dissipative silencers types. The measured data are compared in order to establish the efficiency of every tested silencer type. Third-octave band analysis of random noise of an air handling unit (AHU) from a HVAC system is realized without and with silencers (ducts fitted). Insertion loss measurements are made in an anechoic room using a test facility that agrees the requirements of ISO 7235:2009. The results highlight the effects of the silencers geometry, pressure-air flow and loading relations upon the sound attenuation level. The silencers selection could be a difficult task for the designers which have to consider all these parameters.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017
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