GENSETS

1,000 KVA BACKUP DIESEL GENERATOR SUPPLIED TO ITALY’S MILITARY SECTOR

ASuper Silent 1000 kVA genset designed by Ausonia S.r.l. has been delivered, installed and commissioned for Italy’s military sector. The unit has been equipped with a double electrical starting system, with a 2,500-litre integrated fuel tank and with a redundant automatic fuel transfer system, following the military’s specific requirements. A spokesman for Ausonia commented: “Having a dedicated BU for military applications, Ausonia offers its clients a strong capability to develop and co-ordinate very complex projects in which power continuity is an essential requirement. “Thanks to our adherence to Military Standards and experience in the sector, Ausonia has been listed as supplier within the main European programs for Military Defence, with the task of delivering products duly designed, equipped and tested as per their very particular requirements.” Ausonia is well-known in Italy for developing Mobile Power Solutions, offering a wide range of autonomous ‘on-wheels’ power sources, able to provide the fastest and most reliable units in terms of power size and configuration. The company maintains its own R&D team dedicated to developing new technologies, with a skilled in-house Engineering Department and a wide spectrum of customised design and manufacturing. Military Generators have to run under the most extreme conditions, which include heat, rough handling, variations in cabin pressure, even nuclear electromagnetic pulse. Most importantly, such generators also to feature fast deployment, portability and ease-of-use. They also have to withstand whatever local conditions they are subject to in order to continuously provide a safe and uninterrupted power load. With years of experience in data centre tailor-made power solutions, Ausonia works with its customers from design to operation, throughout every phase of data centre operations. Ausonia generators are designed according the Tier classification criteria for data centres applications defined by Uptime Institute. Data Centre Continuous power criteria (DCC) considers diesel generator sets rated for unlimited hours of operation, with no restrictions on average variable load factor. Through the integration into a complete system of onboard gensets controllers, low/medium voltage power sections, automatic transfer switches, flywheel technologies and supervisioning functions, Ausonia reports that its paralleling systems ensure synchronization and no-break power transitions under multiple failure response modes. This significantly improves reliability, matching data center redundancy requirements, reports the company. Ausonia believes that the cooling package which is chosen is important in data centre facilities. Generator sets are sometimes located on the ground floor or underground, with limited openings to allow air to flow in freely from outside. That is why manufacturers of generator sets have to have a good team of engineers and experience in designing remote cooling systems located in upper floors or on the roof, that cool the engine by means of intercoolers and secondary circuits, says Ausonia. A spokesman for the company commented: “Our combined heat and power (CHP) systems can provide a reliable, flexible and continuous power supply along with an additional source of cooling. Using an absorption chiller, the CHP system can transfer heat into ambient cooling to reduce heat produced by servers and save air conditioning costs. “The control units can include different communication protocols in order to integrate the generator set, its operating parameters and the alarms in the building’s installation management systems. They can also be remotely monitored and controlled enabling operators to have visibility to power system performance from a Web browser.”

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