GENSETS THREE 1000 KW DIESEL GENERATORS FOR A LARGE LONG TERM CARE FACILITY

PARAMOUNT POWER SYSTEMS has supplied three diesel-powered genset to provide backup power for a long-term care facility (LCTF) based in Mississauga, Ontario. Mississauga, historically known as Toronto Township, is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated on the shores of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto.

Mississauga, historically known as Toronto Township, a city in the Canadian province of Ontario, has a population of 717,961 with a significant portion being seniors over 65 years of age.

Mississauga is the seventh-most populous municipality in Canada, third-most in Ontario, and second-most in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) after Toronto itself.

The area has a significant number of care facilities and one of these centers, a long-term care facility (LCTF) based in Mississauga itself, has just bought three diesel-powered genset to provide backup power.

PARAMOUNT POWER reports that it has completed the commissioning for these three 1000kW T4-compliant paralleled generators for this large LTCF facility. All the the generators designed, built and tested by PARAMOUNT POWER SYSTEMS.

How do paralleled generators work?

Three generators with same frequency, voltage and phase difference can be connected to the bus-bar; such that it increase their overall capacity, ease of maintenance, and active load management. When gensets are connected in parallel the process used in this method to assist is known as synchronising. It is an effective way to increase the overall power output of a plant with much better control and ease of maintenance.

This helps do the job without spending money on buying high-capacity generators. The process is used where the demand for power is variable with extreme points; too low and too high power demand. For two generators to be synchronized; the waveform of their output must match with one another. This can be achieved by using a synchroscope or dark and bright lamp methods. To ensure further safety; it is required to keep the the incoming generator at slightly higher frequency.

A generator already connected to the bus bar is called a running generator; while the one which need to be synchronized to connect is called incoming generator.

A generator’s frequency reduce slightly once it is applied to active load; and thus an increased frequency help it avoid running as a synchronous motor. Moreover a generator is not connected to the bus bar under stationary condition as; it will cause high induced emf in stator winding causing it to short circuit.

Heavy industries with high power demand can install two or more threephase generators to effectively share the load and provide increased output when needed.

For two generators to be synchronized they must have equal number of phase; same phase angle, same voltage, frequency and identical voltage sine curve ( waveform ). This means the RYB connection point of bus bar should be connected to RYB terminals of incoming generator and not RBY.

A three-phase incoming generator can be synchronized to the one connected to the bus bar; using bright lamp, dark lamp or synchroscope method. For generators to be properly synchronized they must be locked finally to the system frequency; irrespective of their initial speed or frequencies. Once synchronized they must share the total load according to their individual capacity and not equally. For generators to share equal loads they must be identical in most aspects.

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* Paralleling switchgear: This system helps multiple generators work together to provide electricity. It helps to distribute the electricity evenly among the generators so that they work efficiently and don’t get overloaded. Paralleling switchgear is used in the facilities that need a lot of power to keep running.

*Transfer switches: This device helps keep the electricity running in case there’s a problem with the primary source of electricity. It switches the power supply from the primary source to a backup source so that power is supplied at places like hospitals, data centers, and factories without interruption.