Aircraft Active Pylon Noise Control System

For use on aircraft, the air intake would be on the pylon at an aerodynamically advantageous location. The delivery system would consist of pipes, a pump or pressure regulator and a plenum chamber. The air is piped through the internal pylon structure in pipes by a pump and to the plenum chamber. The injection site for the most common embodiments would be the shelf of the pylon (adjacent to the core nozzle flow) and the trailing edge of the pylon. The objective of the injection is to alter the trajectory of the core nozzle flow thereby impacting how the core and fan streams mix and the overall trajectory of the core and fan streams together. The injection site on the trailing edge has the objective of minimizing the wake of the pylon by injecting higher pressure and velocity air through the active aircraft pylon trailing edge injector. At cruise conditions, injection from the pylon trailing edge can also reduce the drag contribution of the pylon to the total aircraft drag.