Production power plant in Cameroon

Application description

In applications where several gensets are paralleled in a unique & permanent production power plant, it is proven that simplicity is often closely related to efficiency. It is therefore necessary to get a user-friendly system, with easy access to important information and commands, to reduce local operator mistakes, and facilitate fast site support.

Production power plants are requiring also a smart management of the gensets to optimize the number of online machines supplying electricity, to optimize maintenance cycles and running hours counters, and to reduce fuel consumption as well as greenhouse gases.

In the application shown here, GENSYS COMPACT PRIME are installed one per generator, all connected via the CRE TECHNOLOGY CAN bus.

All controllers are setup to ensure smart automatic start & stop depending on load demand, with specific start/stop thresholds adjusted to fulfill engine manufacturer requirements for an optimized use. Gensets will then always run between 45% and 75% of their nominal load, with a majority of operation time at 67%.

In order to reach the higher efficiency, CRE has recommended the cyclic running feature to automatically stop running gensets after predefined running hours’ time and synchronize standby gensets without any impact on the power plant, this feature will reduce stress on the machine and make sure maintenance cycles are respecting regular periods.

Thanks to the performance of all GENSYS COMPACT PRIME standard functions, fuel savings have been estimated at around 8,600 liters/year of diesel, and 400 hours/year of overhaul time per machine.

Products installed