Based on the immersed boundary method （IBM） and the finite volume optimized pre-factored compact （FVOPC） scheme, a numerical simulation of noise propagation inside and outside the casing of a cross flow fan is estab- lished. The unsteady linearized Euler equations are solved to directly simulate the aero-acoustic field. In order to validate the FVOPC scheme, a simulation case： one dimensional linear wave propagation problem is carried out using FVOPC scheme, DRP scheme and HOC scheme. The result of FVOPC is in good agreement with the ana- lytic solution and it is better than the results of DRP and HOC schemes, the FVOPC is less dispersion and dissi- pation than DRP and HOC schemes. Then, numerical simulation of noise propagation problems is performed. The noise field of 36 compact rotating noise sources is obtained with the rotating velocity of 1000r/min. The PML absorbing boundary condition is applied to the sound far field boundary condition for depressing the numerical reflection. Wall boundary condition is applied to the casing. The results show that there are reflections on the casing wall and sound wave interference in the field. The FVOPC with the IBM is suitable for noise propagation problems under the complex geometries for depressing the dispersion and dissipation, and also keeping the high order precision.
