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THE PROVISION OF AN EMERGENCY GENERATION PLANT.

Author(s) : ARDEN-WOOD B. D., KLEPPSCH M.

Type of article: Article

Summary

FOR MOST COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, EMERGENCY GENERATING PLANT HAS BEEN NECESSARY ONLY TO COMPLY WITH SAFETY, SUCH AS BUILDING EVACUATION AND FIRE FIGHTING. FOR THIS NORMALLY A SHORT BREAK IN SUPPLY IS PERMISSABLE. BUT WHERE NO SUPPLY BREAK, OR EVEN FLUCTUATION OF FREQUENCY, CAN BE TOLERATED, SUCH AS IN THE OPERATION OF SOME COMPUTER SYSTEMS, THE PROBLEM EMERGES OF THE TIME TAKEN TO RUN AN EMERGENCY DIESEL ENGINE UP TO SPEED. THE AUTHORS DESCRIBE VARIOUS TYPES OF STANDBY GENERATING SETS, INCLUDING THOSE IN WHICH AN INERTIA DRIVE IS INCLUDED WHICH IS MAINTAINED AT SPEED DURING NORMAL SUPPLY AND IS SUFFICIENT TO DRIVE THE GENERATOR UNTIL ENGINE SPEED IS ACHIEVED. OTHER INSTALLATION ASPECTS ARE COVERED, SUCH AS POSITIONING OF PLANT, ACOUSTIC AND VIBRATION PROBLEMS, AND DIESEL EXHAUST AND HEAT DISSIPATION REQUIREMENTS. D.W.H.

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  • Original title: THE PROVISION OF AN EMERGENCY GENERATION PLANT.
  • Record ID : 1990-1974
  • Languages: English
  • Source: AIRAH J. - vol. 43 - n. 7
  • Publication date: 1989
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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