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Global Journal of Advanced Engineering Technologies Volume 6, Issue 2- 2017

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A REVIEW ON THE METHODS OF NOISE


SUPPRESSION IN JET ENGINES 1
Sarath Raj N.S, 2Adhith T. Rajesh
1
Lecturer, Aerospace Engineering, Amity University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2
Student, Aerospace Engineering, Amity University Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Abstract: This paper discusses the methods of noise eliminated. Turbofan engines produce less noise
suppression in jet engines, especially the fan and compared to the turbojets which is why they are being
exhaust nozzle. The noise in jet engines is produced preferred by most airline manufacturers today.i The fan
primarily by the high amount of turbulence in shear. and the exhaust are two parts of the engine that
The instability of flow caused by the pressure variation contribute to the most noise coming from them. The
or irregular fluctuation is what leads to these structures exhaust noise of the engine is produced by the high
of high turbulence. Several types of noise suppressor degree of turbulence of a high-velocity jet stream
are used. In general, noise suppressors for integral passing through a relatively quiet atmosphere.ii Behind
parts of the jet engine installation or nozzle at the the engine, the velocity of the jet stream is high for a
exhaust. As a part of studying the way of noise distance of few nozzle diameters, and there is little
reduction methods in the exhaust nozzle, various mixing of the atmosphere with the jet stream. The
configurations and types of nozzles as well as methods turbulence in this region of the high speed jet stream is
have been found. They include the chevron nozzles, very fine grain turbulence. This in turn produces
nano materials, extending the engine nacelle, acoustic relatively high-frequency noise. This noise is produced
lines of the main engine and increasing the bypass ratio by the highly turbulent mixing of the exhaust gases
in turbofans. Chevron nozzle works by reducing the with the atmosphere and is effected by the shearing
energy of the turbulence structure. This is achieved by action due to the relative speeds between the velocity
the smooth mixing of hot and bypass stream, with the and the atmosphere.iii The noise produced by these,
help of sharp saw tooth provided at its back side. Nano mainly during take-off and landing phase has a major
materials works by absorbing the noise within the impact on the surrounding environment and population.
nozzle. High density nano materials are generally So to better avoid these adverse effects on the
employed for this purpose. In turbofan engines, the environment and people, various noise suppression
energy of main stream is reduced by mixing cold stream methods have to be employed. Consequently, the noise
into hot stream with the help of an increased bypass suppression has become one of the major fields of
ratio. Acoustic lines help in converting the energy of research and study in the aviation industry. This paper
turbulence structure into the form of heat thereby will discuss the major methods of noise suppression in
reducing noise. Increasing the size of engine housing the jet engines.
proves to be another useful technique. With an
increased size of engine housing, the hot jet first passes II. LITERATURE REVIEW
through the nacelle which absorbs the noise and In the paper “Jet Noise Reduction Technology at GE
prevents direct exposure of the hot jet with the Aircraft Engines” by Steven Martens, the development
atmosphere. of a technology to reduce jet noise is discussed with
Keywords: Noise Suppression, Jet Engine, turbulence, satisfactory impacts on factors such as performance,
Shear, Nozzle, Nacelle, Chevron. weight and manufacturability. This was achieved with
assistance of scientists from NASA, which led to the
I. INTRODUCTION concept of chevron nozzles. Chevron nozzles improved
Since the beginning of the aircraft industry, noise the mixing of the fan, core and ambient air compared to
coming from the engines has been an issue of enormous conventional nozzles. The faster mixing of components
financial as well as environmental impact. Engine noise helped reduce noise without much impact on
is produced mainly by sources in the engine such as the performance. The nozzles were made with cut-outs
fan, the compressor and the exhaust. The air discharge around the nozzle, which generated stream-wise
from the core of the engine is also a significant source vorticity and thereby reducing the peak velocity as well
of noise production. Every way is being tried to avoid as the peak noise. In this concept, minimum physical
the noise but it is one thing that cannot be completely blockage was encountered with minimum impact on
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thrust. The nozzles were first invented in 1996, and for occurrence of myocardial infarction of 1.13 per 10
flown on aircrafts starting from 2001. dB increase of Lday (day noise level) and the HYENA
The prospects of reducing noise levels in passenger results found an increase odds ratio for hypertension in
aircraft power plants are being discussed by V. M. those exposed to night time aircraft noise of 1.14 per 10
Kuznetsov in his paper titled “Improvement of Aircraft dB increment of noise.v This has been found to lead to
Noise Reduction Methods”. This is an important aspect hypertension and heart ailments in particular. Hence,
in correlation with strict regulations for reducing noise noise exposure can cause serious ailments through
levels near the airport surroundings. Improvements in disruption of sleep. Moreover, problems like diabetes
the acoustic radiation reduction techniques by and obesity have also been found to correlate with
enhancing the mixing of incoming stream and medium reduced or disrupted sleep and thus should also be seen
are discussed. He also presented the outcomes of as potential noise outcomes.
efficiency investigations aimed at the elements of noise In view of the fact that these effects exist, they are not
suppression in passenger aircrafts. known to the general public. Hence, any system of
In the paper titled “An Overview of Aircraft Noise indicators may not be able adequately account for them
Reduction Technologies, L. Leylekian of Onera at present. These health effects can be reduced in
presents an updated view on existing noise reduction several ways: education programs could let the public
techniques. It also provides an overview of regulations know of the potential risks and allow individuals to
and recommendations issued by the International Civil make informed decisions. This is obviously a tedious
Aircraft Organization (ICAO). It then establishes how task and would require more time and investment.
comprehensive programs were initiated, aiming to Therefore, the best way to prevent these effects is to
encourage the aerospace industry to develop aircraft prevent the noise exposure by inventing specialised
parts that reduces jet noise. A detailing of these methods for noise suppression in engines.
technologies is also provided starting from the engine
till the airframe. The paper concludes by throwing light IV. GUIDELINES FOR JET NOISE LEVELS
on future technologies such as flying wings as well as The World Health Organisation (WHO) has provided
open rotors, and their expected outcomes. recommendations and guidelines for jet noise exposure
“Reduction of Jet Noise in the Aircraft Nozzle” by levels. The most relevant set of guidelines are those
Saurabh Shriwas, Sachin Shah, Prashant Singh and proposed by the World Health Organisation in 2000
Kalpit P. Kaurase provides an overview of techniques (WHO, 2000).vi These guidelines were determined by
used for reduction of aircraft noise in the exhaust expert panels evaluating the strength of the evidence
nozzle which is caused by the high turbulence jet shear. and suggesting guideline values for thresholds for
The paper discusses techniques such as the use of exposure in specific dwellings and for specific health
chevron nozzles, extension of engine nacelle, acoustic effects.
liners as well as increasing the bypass ratio. Further The below section summarizes the guideline levels
insight is provided into these techniques and their suggested for parklands, schools, hospitals, and
impact on aircraft performance. These are techniques residences:
that are easier to implement and provides maximum A) PARKLANDS:
noise attenuation at the exhaust. · Quiet outdoor areas such as parklands should be
preserved with minimum damage and for this
III. THE NEED FOR NOISE SUPPRESSION: purpose the jet-noise ratio has to be considerably
HEALTH EFFECTS low.
Noise exposure from aircrafts, particularly jets, has B) SCHOOLS:
potentially serious health effects in a population. These · School playgrounds should never exceed noise
effects are diverse, serious, and because of widespread levels of 55 dB LAeq (Annual Equivalent Noise
exposure, very prevalent. Hypertension and heart Level) to protect from annoyance.
diseases are a few serious effects to name them. Reports · School classrooms should have noise levels
suggest high chances of hypertension in people exposed below 35 dB LAeq as a preventive measure of
to aircraft noise, especially in the night time.iv speech intelligibility and, disturbance of
The Babisch meta-analysis (an analysis conducted by information extraction.
Wolfgang Babisch to establish the relation between · The reverberation time in classrooms shouldn’t
noise and coronary heart diseases) reports an odds ratio exceed 0.6 s.
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· Sleeping rooms in pre-school should have 30 dB with the compressor as well as the noise from the
during sleeping time & 45 dB LAmax (Annual combustion chamber.
Maximum Noise Level) for single sound events Jet noise is also caused by the turbulent mixing of
to prevent sleep disturbance. ambient fluid with the jet.x The region of mixing causes
C) HOSPITALS: high frequency noises as it approaches the nozzle. This
· During day-time, noise levels in ward rooms is due to the fact that the dimensions of eddies is
shouldn’t exceed values of 30 dB LAeq to comparatively smaller. Further downwards, low
protect from sleep disturbance and interference frequency noise starts being generated since the eddy
with rest and recovery. size approached thee diameter.
· During night, the noise levels shouldn’t exceed In case of supersonic jets, shock cells are produced as
values of 30 dB LAeq 8 hour, together with 40 the flow expands and contracts. Generally, these shock
dB LAmax. cells leads to a significant type of jet noise known as
D) RESIDENCES: “screech”. xiScreech is generated by a feedback system
· Indoors of a residence should not exceed 35 dB where a vibration in the shear layer produces noise as it
LAeq during say-time. moves through the shockwaves. Screech can be further
· Outdoor living areas should not exceed levels corrected or suppressed using a suitably designed
beyond 55 dB LAeq to prevent serious nozzle.
annoyance in people.
VI. NOISE SUPPRESSION IN THE EXHAUST
· Outside façades of the living areas should be
maintained under 60 dB LAmax to protect from The engine exhaust is one of the major noise sources in
sleep disturbance. a jet engine. This noise from the exhaust increases
· Inside bedrooms should not exceed 45 dB tremendously with the increasing throttle push in the
LAmax to prevent sleep disturbance.vii modern day jet engines. The jet engine noise is
The WHO guidelines provide a precautionary produced mainly due to the turbulent mixing of the hot
principle approach to prevent health effects from jet- jet exhaust (core), bypass stream (fan), and ambient air.
noise exposure. If noise levels are maintained below Consequently, optimizing how these three streams mix
these recommended levels, there are no detrimental will significantly lower the intensity of the noise.xii
effects on human health. One of the first methods of noise suppression in the
exhaust was developed and tested by NASA in 1996.xiii
V. CAUSES OF NOISE IN JET ENGINE The concept utilized chevron nozzles which allowed the
Primitive aircrafts were equipped with piston engines core and bypass flows to mix in a way that reduces low
that produced a great amount of noise. Noise frequency mixing noise from highly turbulent flows.
suppression was achieved in piston engines, to some The method employed by them was to study the amount
extent, with the help of silencers. Then came the era of of EPNL (Effective Perceived Noise Level) reduction
jet engines, which also produced relatively high for different configurations of the nozzle. The following
amounts of noise. As an initiative to decrease the noise nozzle configurations were tried: chevrons installed
in jet engines, the concept of chevron nozzles was only on the fan exhaust, core exhaust, and on both. It
developed by scientists in NASA.viii was found that the configuration where the chevrons
The jet noise is produced mainly due to the velocity of were installed on both the fan and core exhaust nozzles
jets and turbulent eddies, caused by the shearing flow. ix together provided the greatest ENPL reduction among
Also termed as the broadband noise, it has a frequency all. Moreover, even greater noise reduction was
which is beyond the audible range of human ear achieved by chevrons penetrating the boundary layer of
(around 100 kHZ). This could probably be the loudest the core, achieving an EPNL benefit of up to 2.5 EPNL
noise that can be produced by human action. In the jet in decibels and only a 0.50 percent loss in thrust. This
exhaust, jet noise starts generating when the jet velocity concept of the chevrons was the first jet noise reduction
reaches around 100 m/s. In supersonic flow, this noise concept ever developed. The concept did not
can be correlated with the shocks that are produced. At significantly affect thrust and was a major breakthrough
low speeds, jet noise is produced by acoustic sources in in the field of noise suppression in separate flow
the tail plane. These include noises such as those from exhausts.xiv
the turbine-compressor assembly, mixing of free stream The figure below compares the noise reduction benefits
achieved by installing chevrons on both the fan and
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core nozzles as oppose to having them on just the fan or provide fan flow deflection.xvii The figure below
the core nozzle.xv illustrated the concept of deflectors for flow deflection.
Source: "New Method for Jet Noise Reduction in
Turbofan Engines." AIAA Journal, Vol. 42, 2004.
Here Uc, Uf, and U∞ represent core, fan, and free
stream velocity, respectively. The deflector concept is
yet to find practical applications in modern engines.

VII. NOISE SUPPRESSION IN THE FAN


The noise coming from the fan is related to the flow
turbulence colliding with surfaces within the engine
inlet. The rotor-stator interaction is what contributes
majorly to the fan noise.xviii Decades of research have
been carried out under the Aerospace Technology
(AST) program by NASA to develop a method for
noise suppression in the fan-inlet of the engine. Devices
Figure 1: Effective perceived noise level benefits of such as acoustic liners, a scarfed inlet, stator vane
a separate flow exhaust with chevrons on both the core sweep and lean, and active-passive controls were
and fan nozzle versus other configurations. designed for the same purpose.
Source: “Acoustics and Thrust of Separate-Flow The method of acoustic liners helps significantly
Exhaust Nozzles with Mixing Devices for High-Bypass- lower the fan noise.xix The concept is to provide a lining
Ratio Engines,” NASA/TM 2000209948, June 2000. for the inlet and outlet of the fan duct with acoustic
Configuration 3BB corresponds to a regular separate material. Intensive research has been carried out in this
flow nozzle with no chevrons, 3BC24 to chevrons area for optimizing liner material composition and
installed on the fan nozzle only, 3I12B to chevrons integrating liners as part of an active noise control
installed on the core nozzle only, and 3I12C24 to system. The effectiveness of using conventional
chevrons installed on both. The effective perceived acoustic liners decrease as bypass ratio increases caused
noise level is much lower for the 3I12B configuration. by the accompanied decrease in nacelle length and
xvi
thickness that comes along. Therefore, less treatment
Improvements in the noise suppression achieved by area means less noise reduction benefits. Conventional
chevrons were later achieved. The benefits of chevrons liners are also ineffective in suppressing most sound
can be enhanced through downward flow deflection of pressure levels and are only effective in certain engine
the fan flow to provide a deeper area of mixing below operations.
where the core, fan, and ambient flows combine
providing much higher noise suppression due to the
decreased ratio.

Figure 3: Noise reduction in adaptive and


conventional duct liners.
Research has been carried out to find an adaptive
Figure 2: Suggested flow deflection concept to noise absorption system that can cancel out tone and
further suppress noise. broadband noise frequencies. This led to the invention
Deflecting the flow downwards effectively cushions the of adaptive liners in 2006. xxThe adaptive liners were
sounds created by high-speed turbulent eddies in the tested and found to provide much higher noise
primary flow, thus reducing far field noise. Pylon- suppression overcoming the drawbacks of conventional
mounted flap deflectors can be used on the engines to liners. The figure below illustrates a comparison of the

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amount of noise reduced between adaptive and Active noise control systems are employed on most
conventional liners. modern aircrafts for noise suppression.xxiv This method
of noise control systems is undergoing an extensive
Source: “Newly-Developed Adaptive Noise research and development phase. One such system
Absorption Control Technology for High Speed Fan performs mass injection at the fan blade trailing edge to
Noise Reduction.” JSME International Journal, Vol. reduce fan wake deficits. This is illustrated in the figure
49, No.3, 2006. below. This concept creates a more uniform mean flow
BPF and SPL stand for Blade Passing Frequency and profile leading to lower levels of unsteady loading on
Sound Pressure Levels, respectively. Even though the vanes, therefore reducing rotor-stator tone noise.
adaptive liners can reduce noise more than conventional
liners, it should be noted that at low motor rotational
velocity, conventional liners perform better than
adaptive ones when the engine is operating at 2 BPF.
xxi

Employing a scarfed inlet is a very beneficial method in


noise suppression.xxii First of all, extending the lower
portion of the inlet directs forward-radiating noise
upward, therefore reducing flyover noise. The ability to
draw more air in from the top than below also gives the
aircraft a higher angle-of-attack capability. Moreover,
since the engine’s inlet is pointed upwards, it is less
likely to ingest debris from the runway during take-off
and landing. Figure 5: Mass injection noise control concept.
Another method is the use of swept and lean stators Source: "Fan Noise Reduction: An Overview." NASA
which reduce noise by increasing the phase changes Technical Memorandum 2001-210699, 2001.
from hub-to-tip of the unsteady aerodynamics Various other active noise control concepts are also
producing the sound.xxiii The noise benefits in this case employed which consists of hybrid systems in which
come from having more wakes intersecting a single actuators and acoustic liners are combined to suppress
vane with sweep and lean than without. Benefits also noise. However, these concepts are still in the
come from increasing the effective distance from the development phase and yet to find practical
fan to the stator vanes, which reduces rotor-stator applications.
interaction, resulting in tone noise suppression. Figure 4
illustrates the comparison between the number of wanes VIII. FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
intersecting a single vane. NOISE SUPPRESSION
A) NANO-MATERIALS: Nano-materials constitute
one of the greatest innovations in the industry with their
easier availability and desirable properties such as low
weight, eco-friendliness, less repair and consumption of
less fuel. They are also quite helpful in reduction of jet
noise in the exhaust nozzle. Owing to the property of
high density, exhaust nozzles formed of nano-materials
can absorb noise within the nozzle to a great extent
thereby providing high degree of noise suppression. xxv
B) ENGINE NACELLE CONFIGURATION: The
nacelle is generally increased in the engine axis to
Figure 4: Comparison between the numbers of wakes prevent the direct exposure to the atmosphere.
intersecting each vane type. Moreover, this allows smooth mixing of atmospheric
Source: "Fan Noise Reduction: An Overview." NASA air with the jet stream with the help of ports added to
Technical Memorandum 2001-210699, 2001. the elongated nacelle. By this method, the energy of the
exhaust air is reduced and thereby the noise reduction.
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