KEY 5MW STANDBY POWER SOLUTION FOR HOSPITAL

In a recent contract, the IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy, obtained a 5 MW standby power solution developed by Green Power and Perkins. If power from the local grid fails, the issue can now be solved instantaneously with a seamless switch to a standby solution.

San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy, is safeguarding its reputation and the safety of its patients with a 5 MW standby power solution developed by Green Power and Perkins. For any hospital, a reliable power supply is nothing short of a lifesaver. If power drops out from the local grid, the problem needs to be cured instantaneously with a seamless switch to standby.

The IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital in Milan is an internationally renowned clinical science university hospital with outstanding, highly specialised health care offerings. Since opening in 1971, the IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE has made patient care, a commitment to research, and innovation its top priorities, allowing it to provide incomparable benefits to general health care and research.

San Raffaele Hospital required an exact solution for its energy needs – a robust generator set capable of delivering the 5 MW of back-up power necessary to cover all its critical loads during a power cut. The hospital also required the unit to be compact enough to fit inside a 30 ft container. Parallel configuration and minimal intervention time were also high on the priority list.

The customer selected generator set manufacturer Green Power to deliver the project and, in turn, Green Power picked out Perkins as its ideal engine associate. Perkins provided the power-dense, economical and dependable 4012-46TAG2A temperate engine the client needed - a generator set capable of delivering the 5 MW of backup power .

"SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL REQUIRED AN EXACT SOLUTION FOR ITS ENERGY NEEDS – A ROBUST GENERATOR SET CAPABLE OF DELIVERING THE 5 MW OF BACK-UP POWER NECESSARY TO COVER ALL ITS CRITICAL LOADS DURING A POWER CUT. THE HOSPITAL ALSO NEEDED THE UNIT TO BE COMPACT ENOUGH TO FIT INSIDE A 30 FT CONTAINER. GREEN POWER WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS.”

The 4000 Series family of 6, 8, 12 and 16 cylinder diesel engines from Perkins has been designed in advance of today’s uncompromising demands within the power industry and includes superior performance and reliability.

The 4012-46TAG2A ElectropaK is a turbocharged, air-to-air charge cooled, 12-cylinder diesel engine.

Offered with either Temperate or Tropical cooling packages (with or without fuel oil cooling), their premium design and specification features provide economic and durable operation. They also offer an exceptional power-to-weight ratio, an improved serviceability, low gaseous emissions, overall performance and reliability essential to the power generation market, says the manufacturer.

The final installation delivers on all the client’s requirements, and Green Power credits Perkins with helping its business excel.

“Our business and growth over the years have a lot to thank Perkins for,” comments Green Power CEO Raffaele Brugnettini. “Without its impressive power range, all the options and configurations it offers, and a strong name that opens up new global markets to us, no comparable development would have ever been possible.” Green Power is a leading manufacturer of generating sets, building canopies, frames, electric panels and all the other components at its premises in Caprazzino, Pesaro, Italy. www.greenpowergen.com