In order to improve indoor air quality of apartment, indoor ventilation system had to be installed in each unit, from 2006 in Korea. However, a duct which is connecting each room in ventilation system became a flanking path of sound. Sound which is generated in one room can easily transmitted into the adjacent room by the duct and speech privacy in apartment room can be seriously degraded. In this study, low noise duct system consisted of noise diffuser and multi drop chamber was developed and noise reduction performance was measured in mock-up system. Noise reduction performance of low noise duct system was compared with conventional duct system. From the result of measurement, it was found that noise diffuser reduce more than 10 dB in the range of 200 Hz and higher frequency band, also multi drop chamber was effective in 2000 HZ and higher frequency band. Noise reduction performance of low noise duct system is effective in the frequency range (from 300 Hz to 4000 Hz bands) of speech conversation.

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