Most genset manufacturers can do this very effectively. Some things to consider are do you want base load or peak lopping, do you want it to run island mode when grid fail, do you want auto re-sync on grid returns. Do you need non critical loads to be removed during grid outage. Do you want to...
Thanks for your suggestions,
Rotary frequency converter is too expensive. Only solution is 50/60 Hz machine. I'll keep looking. The issue is it must have appropriate performance for load sharing and block load acceptance. If we speed up a machine that is not properly calibrated for 1800 rpm we...
I need to test a genset that is destined for the USA 60Hz market. I need to do a parallel and load acceptance test but I only have 50Hz here in the UK. I have tried to get hold of some diesel rental sets at 60Hz but the market seems to have swallowed them all up.
Does anyone know of a way to...
Yes an LV alternator could be up to a third of the price of an MV or HV alternator. The question is , is there going to be a significant disadvatage in supplying the motor load through a transformer.
I have an application that requires a genset to support the load on a cement works. The mill has a 2.8 MW motor at 6.6kV. The site auxiliaries and other standing load is 1.5MW at 400V. This genset will run at base load and let the utility take any starting loads.
Should I generate at 6.6kV and...
Could someone explain to me the deffinition of Load Fatcor and what we would use the data for.
My question refers to a sentence in a genset manual which says "Prime duty refers to operation in island mode with a fluctuating load where average load factor is 75%"
Your first port of call is to understand your load (motor/pump). The motor will have a kW rating and a starting load. The starting load is dependant on the type of starter you are using, for example if it is Direct On Line you will get a very high starting current, where-as soft starters limit...
Can anyone recommend a lighting scheme for me?
I will soon be asking a contractor to rewire my home and replace standard ceiling lights with sunken spot lights (or something similar). The spotlights available in the UK seem to be standard at 40W and at that I will be using 6 to eight...
Thanks for the FAQ, very helpful and pitched at the correct level for me. One of the problems I am having is that I am being confused by comments from electrical engineers. One comment is that the real power will in fact lag the kWA at the moment of starting and in so doing will see a slightly...
How much power do I need to start a 600 kW motor DOL. Is there a calcuation I can use to quickly determine this. Our electrical engineers will do actual calcs for the final design, but what I would like to do is a quick calc to understand, plus or minus 10%, what a generator would see as the...
A natural gas reciprocating engine has much closer load acceptance profile to the turbine than the diesel. Diesels react to the load very quickly and , as I understand it will grab the load. This contradicts what another commentator has said. (perhaps I'm wrong ?) It has also been said that...
apart from the physical properties I was trying to understand the operational benefits of specifying a longer core lenth for the same voltage and rating.
Mike
