A Discussion on Falling Water Noise from Cooling Tower
and Metheds for Its Prevention and Control
NI Ji-liang
(Northwest Electric Power Dsign Institute,State Power Corporation,Xi‘an 710032,China)
Abstract:Causes of formation of noise from cooling towers,characteristics of the noise as well as methods for controlling the noise are analyzed based on actual measurement of noise from cooling towers.Noise from cool-ing towers can be considered as a point source of sound and there are two ways for its control,i.e,Inside-tower method and outside-tower method.For inside-tower control,an energy-eliminating and noise-lowering device for he falling water from cooling towers may be used, while for outside-tower control,acoustic shielding method may be used.
Keywords:cooling tower;noise;control;summary