Q:Hi.My diesel electric generator has a sticker that says Change oil every 100hrs. Use 10w-30 grade CC. But I can't find this oil anywhere. The closest I have found are 10w-30 Mobil1 synthetic oil (API SM/CF) and 15w-40 Pennzoil gold (with diesel protection, API CJ, CI, CF etc. /SM). Which one should I use?Thanks!

You are not looking very hard,. Shell Rotella and Chevron Delo are all over the place

Q:I don't see why I couldn't use my car's engine as a power generator. I would only need maybe 1000 watts. The car is a 1990 Ford F350 diesel.

you cant its too big. its a waste time u are better off selling the engine in the paper to buy a power generator

Q:how does a generator work powerlessly. i mean like if there is a black out people cna generate energy from like a generator. well then how come a generator work without the help of anything? (NOT TALKInG About the hydropower generator, the one that spins.

As pointed out generators convert mechanical energy into electricity. The mechanical energy is provided by an engine that uses some type of fuel like diesel or natural gas. All generators spin to produce power. well then how come a generator work without the help of anything? Backup generators do seem to magically produce electricity during a power failure Backup generators are fitted with automatic controls that handle the starting and placing of the generator onto the buildings power bus. The automatic controls are powered from the AC mains to keep a set of batteries charged. THe batteries are used at the beginning of a blackout to power the automation and start the generator. (Once the generator is running these batteries may then be recharged from the power produced by the generator or when the AC mains is re-established.) Electronic controls sense the loss of AC power and trigger a starting sequence. The generators starter is engaged to crank over the diesel or Gas engine. The controls monitor this process to ensure the engine actually starts and that an excessive amount of cranking doesn't occur. Once the engine is running and brought up to proper speed additional automatic controls disconnect the now powerless AC mains from the buildings buss and connect the Generator power to the buildings electrical panel. Based upon the size of the generator some or all of the buildings power may be supplied by the backup generator. Without the automation the process is still the same except a persone would have to perform the process of starting the gen and placing it on line. Its not difficult to do but does require some trainng. Automation performs this startup process quicker that what a humam would be likely to do.

Q:And this person said it also all depends on what PLANT the stuff came from. No wonder the asian kids are ahead of us.

If it's a diesel generator, why could it not run on BioDiesel? Not sure about the plant part, but provided it's not unleaded, I see no reason to not consider Bio as an option.

Q:If oil prices went super crazy.

If oil prices continue to go up with no sign of relief (meaning years into the future) then, as others have already said, I think many of the large railroads which could afford it would begin contemplating energizing at least their most heavily used main lines. Still, even with today's AC technology being very efficient and allowing one to string wires over vast distances without a significant power loss it is still awfully expensive. Trains Magazine covered a piece a few years ago on the likelihood of railroads (Class Is) ever electrifying significant portions of their systems and came to the conclusion that unless absolutely justifiable they would seek other alternatives due to high costs of construction. While steam might be such an alternative they would try it's still pretty maintenance intensive and would require frequent fuel stops resulting in increased transit times (even with the newer technologies the motive power would employ). Just purely an educated guess but I think that the industry might go for something like the locomotives developed by RailPower Technologies, which use batteries and diesel generators as prime movers. If a company like RailPower could develop a much more powerful model than what they currently offer (which is only around 2,000 hp), similar to the SD70ACes and ES44ACs of today, then you would have an extremely fuel efficient locomotive that is powerful enough to move the heaviest freight yet also very environmentally friendly.

Q:What is the most important parameter of diesel generator?

rated power factor (COS): refers to the motor rated power factor.

Q:3 mi Island and Chernobyl catastrophies were also results of buffoons operating the plant. Is nuclear energy going to die because humans are too greedy, lazy, and stupid?

Trust physicists!!! Nuclear Plants will go on. I am determined about it. I suggest you sending Email or making phone calls to SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN magazine, it's an outstanding popular science magazine. Contact SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: 75 Varick Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 10013-1917 (212) 451-8200 Outside the US: +1 (212) 4518200 Customer Service: (800) 333-1199

Q:have several question about diesel alternator. First of all i want build micro hydro system using diesel alternator. That means i just take the alternator and using water to rotate the turbine and the alternator will produce the power. Do you think this system is possible to do? Before this i use the car alternator, and the problem is before alternator connected to the battery i get about 3000 RPM, but when i connect the alternator to the battery and field current occur, the RPM dropped to 500 RPM. So the alternator can't produce the current. So i want try using diesel alternator. Since we know diesel alternator power output in AC, so no field current needed. If i get around 3000 RPM, whether diesel alternator produce the power? Or it same with car alternator.

all alternators produce alternating current---by definition--duh it is then rectified by (usually internally mounted) diodes you are loading your system with a partially discharged battery and the voltage that the regulator is set to is trying to charge the battery at a rate greater than the mechanical power (turbine + water) can supply thus it slows down until the demand matches the supply if you left the system until the battery voltage increases you would find that the system would turn faster until the voltages matched each other and it would be doing 3000 rpm

Q:can u give me a job description power plant operator using diesel ingine

Diesel Motor turns a AC Generator. Diesel Motor turns a Water Pump, for Cooling.

Q:Frequency meter

A frequency meter may have different meanings to people in different fields, though they are related. In electrical situations there are the vibrating reed types seen of generator power boards. These are simply connected across the mains like a voltmeter. These indicate when the mains is close to the desired frequency. They help with setting the RPM of a diesel generator. In radio and electronics applications it is more likely to be called a frequency counter. It has a digital counter, a frequency reference and a time base counter. It measures frequency by counting the input signal for a specific time. They are often able to measure time intervals too. These can be very precise, especially using precision external references. Connections. Connect to the signal to be measured as appropriate, so for lower frequencies the connection is something like an audio cable with clip leads. This can load the circuit under test. A divide by 10 oscilloscope probe is useful to reduce this loading. Frequency meters for higher frequencies like VHF, UHF and microwave often have a 50 ohm input, and are designed to be connected via a coaxial cable, terminated at the input of the instrument. There has to be an arrangement to tap power off the device being measured. Safety Precautions. The most important safety precaution is to keep the voltage or power at the input to a level that will not cause damage. The lower frequency types may have a voltage rating, and the 50 ohm types have a power rating. A suitable kind of attenuator is needed if the voltage/power is too high.