On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 14:59 -0500, Dave wrote: > On 2/4/2011 1:28 PM, Don Stanley wrote: > > It is a 180 HP Diesel driving a 40,000 watt generator. The rotating weight > > is massive. Seems pretty conseravative. The military used a 55 hp at the flywheel 70 HP max diesel for 40 KW. That generator had the standard fuel injector governor on it. I should think one would run the pid off the output frequency which is the real indication of load.
> > For those who question the mismatch, the engine will be at low RPM > > for efficiency. > > Diesel engines don't have vacuum, they control fuel flow according to > > the power needed and the intake air is unrestricted. Otherwise the > > compression will not be enough to ignite the fuel. > > > > How slow can you run it without causing problems? I understand the > big thing is to keep the engine loaded. > > Idling diesels without a load causes problems sometimes I understand. Not to my knowledge but then it is somewhat limited. However 8-12 hours at idle didn't seem to cause problems. > > I'd like to try to do what you are doing, but with the intention of > being able to switch it in and out from the grid at will. > > But my project list is pretty long right now.. > > Dave > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources > and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's > connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these > rules translate into the virtual world? > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these rules translate into the virtual world? http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
