Q:Having a basic background in electric and family moving into a remote prefab home with no electric, water, or gas, I decided to help. House and work shed electric requirements are simple, totaling a possible 5kwh at a given time to the shed, and 7kwh to the home. Obviously the home will have constant electric requirements (fridge, fans, etc). I cannot imagine it is economical nor efficient to run a diesel generator 24/7 for energy production as needed. Here are my questions:1. Should I use a stand-alone or emergency backup generator.2. Should I go with the conventional wisdom of choosing a generator that operates at 80% capacity for 1005 of my needs. IE: I need exactly 12kw maximum, so a ~14kwh generator.3. Solar panels have storage batteries. Can I use 12v or 18v, or an industry specific battery to only operate the generator for several hours a day for storgae of power? I know this is incredibly inefficient, any alternatives?Any help is greatly appreciated. Just need to be pointed in the right direction.

I think a stand alone gennie would be ok

Q:I want to calculate the Genset load of following 3 phase, 50 C/s, 400/ 440 volts electric motors coupled with Water pumps.60 HP x 4 Nos. + 100 HP x 3 Nos. + 225 HP x 3 Nos.What is the method for calculating the safest load for all these motors to run simultaneously.

You are after capacity of the generator not load. You add up all the power required: 240 HP + 300 HP + 675 HP 1215 HP 1 HP 746 W Power required 906.39 kW You take this figure in consideration to choose your set allowing for efficiency and power factor.

Q:I planned that the factory be fully mechanised. Public power supply is very poor. I wanted to purchase diesel generators but i have been advised by a friend that solar generators are more cost effective. Is solar a good source of energy to power such a factory?

Yes, it can be fully solar. Very power comsuming factories are autonomous. If you dont find how to, if you want e-mail me and i will put you in touch with some companies. For your info, some companies not only are autonomous, they resell power while they dont use it.

Q:hi i have problem in my kipor diesel generator kde 6700ta 5kvathe problem is that when i start it then its voltage reduce from 230volts to 186 volts and so on what is the problem plz tell me i live in backward area here is no expert in these generators.

hie guys i have a kipor 5kva generator i started it oky after running for 10 miniters and it switched off.i went t check what was wrong and found the generator was overheat.what can cause this problem

Q:What type of diesel engine diesel

Ambient temperature above 0 degrees with 0# diesel.

Q:I want to build a deisel generator that electrolizes water to make oxygen and hydrogen to increase fuel efficiency. Then I want to make an algae bioreactor and extract the fuel from the algae to power my diesel generator. What is the smallest engine that can support this? Do I need fuel injection or can the oxyhydrogen come in through the air intake? As I understand with oxyhydrogen added you can acquire a 100% fuel efficiency.

I'll guess HOH can be used, with all sizes of diesel and gasoline motors, likely even in gas turbine motors and jet engines, BUT it as near zero utility for any of them. Even the fractional hp model airplane motors should work. More than a pint of HOH Brown's gas is a serious explosion hazard, so be sure production is reduced while the motor is idling.

Q:I want to power a water heater, a blower fan, and a small water pump continuously with a diesel generator run on Biodiesel. Is it possible to set up a system of some deep cycle batteries that will carry the load for say 1/2 hour or 1 hour and have the generator kick on automatically when the voltage drops to charge the batteriesthis way the generator will not be run continuously. What would you need to set this up? Anything besides what I have mentioned?Josh

Let's say you've worked out all of the basic power balances. How many times do you expect the batteries to be recharged in a year? Even really good batteries will only recharge a limited number of times (maybe 2000?). And they are expensive!

Q:Have a diesel engine that puts out average 3000 RPM and max's out at 3600 RPM I want to belt drive to a generator head that only needs 1800 RPM to operate at 60 hertz what size pulley should I use. Also for further info the shaft on diesel engine is 1 inch and the generator shaft is 42 millimeters

If the engine is likely to be running for a long time, fuel consumption is likely to be important. You want to find out at what RPM the engine produces maximum torque.(If it's a car engine that will likely be related to the cruising speed of the car in top gear) All IC engines are most fuel efficient at the rpm for peak torque. If the engine can make enough power for your requirements at the rpm for peak torque, that's the rpm you should aim to run the engine at. Will depend on the engine of course, but peak torque is usually around about 1/3 of the rev range, I estimate that to be aprox 1800rpm [ie (3600-800)*1/3 +800 ] If aiming for 1800rpm for the generator, with an engine speed of 1800rpm, you don't need to change the rpm at all. That means the pulley's can be the same size, unless the belts slip (flat/ribbed belts slip aprox 3%- probably not enough for you to worry about) So that's the ratio sorted out. Physical size of pulley. All belts have a minimum diameter pulley which they can go around, so long as the pulley is larger there's no problem. Minimum size pulley depends on the thickness, and construction of the belt- and that depends on the power you're transferring via the belt. If you give some indication of the power you're wanting to transfer I'm, sure you get some additional help you'll probably need a governor for the engine to generate at 60Hz give or take a bit. Many diesel engines just have a max/min governor relying on the user to governing the rpm under varying load . You'll need fairly good control for electrically generation, but it needs be nothing much than releasing the throttle a little if the generator is running fast, and if the generator is running slow pressing the throttle. Hope that helps

Q:I know with cars there is a blue book but how does it work for a generator? We have an 80kw Kholer Diesel generator with 1,050 hrs on it and it's 13 years old. It gets regular maintenance and is in great shape. I've been looking online but can't seem to figure out how much it's worth.

$8,000-$15,000 depending on the exact model and much more information. Generators have as many options as cars, and that is why the prices vary.

Q:And WHY?

Hydrogen you can install a hydrogen on demand generator on any gas or diesel engine. This is the most cost effective thing to do right now it adds Hp reduces es emissions increased gas mileage 20 to 60% or better.