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Power Generation: Acoustical buildings, enclosures and silencing for gas turbines, reciprocating engines, generators and auxiliary equipment Siting is a key concern for power plant developers. For large power plant projects, issues revolve around electricity demand, proximity to fuel and transmission infrastructure and environmental concerns (including "not-in-my-backyard" opposition). An evolving concern in power plant design and siting is noise control. As distributed generation, cogeneration and peaking generation increase, many power plants are being built near populated areas, where plant noise affects nearby residents. ATCO Noise
Management can make a power plant so quiet its neighbours
won't even know it's there. "As a passive system, there are few operational or maintenance concerns, and you'd be hard pressed to know the plant was running, even when standing within 10 feet of the facility." Adding the acoustical elements did not add any time to the design or the construction schedule. In terms of noise performance, we have had smooth sailing since going operational." Cited
from a case study on power plant noise abatement in Power
Engineering Magazine. We can treat noise emissions from all plant sources. The key elements in the acoustic design include the reciprocating engines or gas and steam turbines that drive the generators, gas compressors, transition ducting and casing, HRSG, transformers, cooling towers, stack exhaust pipes, combustion intake and exhaust, ventilation, pumps, coolers, cooling fans, valves and even the plant's interior surfaces. We will also save you money - not all noise sources are significant enough to require treatment. For information on our acoustical projects for the power industry, click here. Watch for more detailed case studies on how ATCO has treated specific noise problems.
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