On the performance of a local active noise control system

Abstract

This paper presents a multichannel active system for the local control of sound around the headrest on the back of a seat placed inside an enclosure. The size of the zones of quiet produced makes the system practical only at relatively low frequencies. Finally, some results of cancellation for narrowband and broadband noise are presented. Two different system configurations algorithms have been tested on the adaptive controller. Both of them show similar results, but the new algorithm based on the minimization of the maximum error signal power, has shown computational saving and higher speed convergence than the multiple channel least squares algorithm.