MuTech Acoustic Insights – Key insights to reduce wind turbine noise

MuTech Acoustic Insights™ helps you understand where wind turbine noise originates, what causes it and how to reduce it.

Reducing noise starts with understanding its source.

Standard IEC noise measurements provide an overall picture of a turbine’s acoustic performance. Understanding the individual sources behind those measurements, and how to address them, requires more detailed investigation.

We combine extensive field experience, our purpose-built acoustic array and custom beamforming algorithms to bring these insights to light. We help our clients:

• Measure and map noise directly on the turbine using beamforming.

• Isolate noise contributions from individual turbine components and blade sections, and compare blades and treatments.

• Identify aerodynamic, mechanical and add-on noise sources.

• Tackle noise problems by working together to identify, plan, implement and assess practical reduction measures.

Our acoustic analysis can be combined with IEC measurements, turbine operating data and weather information to understand how noise changes with operating conditions and evaluate the effectiveness of noise reduction measures.

Practical support for your turbines.

We work with turbine manufacturers, wind park owners and operators on both prototypes and turbines already in service. Our measurement, analysis and consulting services help you decide where to focus your efforts, assess potential solutions and realise more of your turbines’ energy potential.

Let’s discuss your noise challenges.

Whether you are investigating unexpected noise, evaluating a blade treatment or looking to recover energy production, we’d be happy to hear about your challenge and discuss how we can help. We look forward to meeting you at WindEnergy Hamburg.