Diesel Generator

summarize how it works. dont say "you burn diesel to make electricity" make it sound more step by step and detailed.

to improve PF (power factor ) on electricity we use capacitor bank. now i wanna know that can i use capacitor bank on the electricity generated by my diesel generator in my plant.

As the generator is for emergency, so it stopped for long time and only run for preventive maintenance, so its not accomulate running time, what is the standard to evaluate the need for maintenance ?

i means what’s happen in diesel generator while just switch on ?

Is it possible to make a diesel generator out of recycled parts?

Is there a book or website that shows how to do this?

I need these values for 400 KVa and 150 KVa plants in order to run an air pollution computer simulation. Thanks!. Volumetric flow is not useful for me,because i don’t have any information about flow areas or diameters.

I have to calculate the fuel consumption of a diesel generator given its HP or KVA

My question here is: Every generator (diesel powered) has a certain output capacity. What would be the impact difference when I utilize the maximum output and if I’m not consuming the entire output (may be by turning off few devices…fan/lights)? Would I be able to save a certain portion of Diesel fuel by this additional effort to save energy?

I am trying to find the value on a generator we’re trying to sell which is becoming a real headache since the thing was made in China. All I know about it is it was made by Shanghai Tractor and Internal Combustion Engine Corp and it’s a 20kw diesel generator. It’s about 5 years old but has only been used once since we purchased it.

How would I go about finding the value for this generator? I need to have it sold as soon as possible.

i read alot, maybe them all, but i cant understand how yachts work or get their power from. Please help !!

i am so much confused..the capacity is 6kva..

I’ve heard that you can run a car on water (I’m not talking about that 70’s show I’m talking serious ideas), and I’m wondering is there anyway you could modify a diesel generator so that it creates energy by splitting the hydrogen atoms from the oxygen or however it works? I don’t know much about this sort of thing so any answers that give serious info can and will help. I’m also not sure where this question should go so please forgive me. Thx Guys
great answers, with helpful leads. I’ll think about biodiesel and the reasons why it won’t work are very descriptive.

I have an old diesel back up generator with a perkins detroit 4.236 4 cylinder diesel powering a 3 phase 240V Sanford 30KW brush-less generator.

the generator is failing to produce steady power because the diesel won’t hold a steady RPM with load or with no load.

I have disconnected the generator from the rest of system for troubleshooting.

the generator starts and runs beautifully at first, generating proper voltage and frequency, but over the coarse of about three minutes, the rpm steadily drops until the motor dies.

I replaced the fuel filters and bled the air out of the lines, but it did not effect the problem.

I tried removing the air filter, in case it was causing restrictions, but it did not effect the problem.

I tried loosening the pressure line to each injector individually, and noticed a significant drop in RPM with each, so it does not appear to be running on three cylinders.

the generator is not new to this application, and ran for years in the current configuration without problem, nothing of note happened to this gen-set prior to the onset of the problem.

the AVR does not appear to be tied to the motor in any way or have any rpm governing ability.

I am thinking this might be a problem with the fuel pump, but would like a way to diagnose it as the problem before I replace it, unless someone who has experience with these gen-sets knows what causes this problem.

If you are not familiar with commercial diesel generators, or at least this series of Perkins Diesel, please do not respond with ball park musings.

I wish there was an old diesel mechanic out in the bush here with me.
This is an old 4 cylinder Perkins.

There is no electronic or mechanical governor like in a modern generator. There is no system that uses the rpm of the motor to control the throttle.

the only speed control is on the fuel pump. there is a throttle lever that controls the output pressure, and that’s it.

the fuel pump can be shut off if there is low oil pressure, but I don’t believe the low oil pressure kill solenoid is variable, it is on or off, and it is the same solenoid used to kill the engine when the key is turned off.

i replaced the fuel tank and bled the lines but now when i start it it over revs and i have to starve the air intake to kill it. i’m afraid i’m going to blow it up if i can’t fix it. much thanks duffy

when i synchronised the generator power build up but suddenly the power factor will start not to be stable…

i have 350kw old diesel generator and want to calculate the exact consumtionption at various loads.

Looking for smaller ones, all under 10kW, probably around 5kW. Easy 10pts!!!

for electricity
I am not convinced, did I mention I live in a state that uses smart meters and baseline power billing. and pseudo science to set energy policy

Or in the nearest plce to San Diego.

We are located in chennai as well as we are dealing Kirloskar, Cummins, Ashokleyland and Caterpillar diesel generator sets to do the sales and service. So kindly suggest good name….
It should be a corporate name…

Hi.

My diesel electric generator has a sticker that says "Change oil every 100hrs. Use 10w-30 grade CC." But I can’t find this oil anywhere. The closest I have found are 10w-30 Mobil1 synthetic oil (API SM/CF) and 15w-40 Pennzoil gold (with diesel protection, API CJ, CI, CF etc. /SM). Which one should I use?

Thanks!

I live on an island and we only have one power company… they have taken our power away from us and because we were "stealing" power from them and would have to pay a hefty fee which we decided not to pay. we are running on a diesel generator right now but i was wondering if natural gas or propane generators are cheaper and or more efficient. ive checked the gas suppliers website for prices but it wasnt very helpfull.

I would need a generator that is about 15 kW

A new facility is having a problem with getting power supply, is it safe to run the entire facility (including AC/Ref systems) using a diesel generator? is the power quality guaranteed (considering good quality generator) since that suppliers of AC/Ref systems claimed that this facility would lose the warranty in case of using a generator. Thanks in advance..