Natural Gas / Diesel-Fired Engines
Custom silencers, enclosures and ventilation for reciprocating engine and generator set noise control challenges.
Noise Control Solutions for Natural Gas and Diesel-Fired Engines
Reciprocating engines power smaller-scale, backup and peaking generation, producing high-intensity exhaust and mechanical noise distinct from turbine-driven plants. Engine installations are often built close to the loads they serve, including industrial sites and developed areas, so exhaust, intake and casing noise must be controlled to meet site and community limits.
Noise Sources in Engine Power Plants
How Burgess-Manning Controls Engine Noise
Reactive and absorptive silencers treat the exhaust and intake paths, which are the dominant noise sources on most installations. Acoustic enclosures and acoustic containers house the engine and generator set and contain casing noise.
Ventilation is engineered alongside the enclosure so that heat is removed without releasing noise. Fans, acoustic louvers, cooling and heating and anti-icing systems work as one system sized to the engine and the site, and filter silencers combine intake filtration with noise reduction at the inlet.