Factory packaged modular power plants
Since the reciprocating Diesel engine was introduced in the late 1930s, Stewart & Stevenson has been a major supplier of engine-generator sets. The relatively small size and simplicity of these units made them ideal for remote location service. Since the late 1960s, we have applied the same approach to gas turbines using proven aircraft engines, adapted for landbased service with only minimal modifications. The inherent light weight, small size, and modular nature of aircraft engines makes them ideal for a compact generator set that is easy to ship and install. Stewart & Stevenson`s initial contracts to manufacture generator sets for U.S. Navy ship service were a solid background for a quality control oriented operation. In the early 1980s, we began building land-based cogeneration units, many located ({open_quotes}shoehorned{close_quotes} in some cases) in existing facilities of colleges and health institutions. From this experience, we have developed a unique factory packaging approach. By installing as many components as possible on a single lift skid, the field installation work is dramatically reduced. Further, by investing an extra one to two months of manufacturing time in commissioning and debugging the controls and other auxiliaries in the factory, the field startup time is a bare minimum. On one project, we were able to place a 22 MW LM2500 unit in operation (in a remote Caribbean island) only 28 days from the initial phone call.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States); Barakat and Chamberlin, Inc., Oakland, CA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 226980
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-TR-105791; CONF-9508115-; TRN: 96:001839-0032
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1. annual distributed resources conference: planning for a competitive market, Kansas City, MO (United States), 29-31 Aug 1995; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Distributed resources 1995: Planning for a competitive market. EPRI`s first annual distributed resources conference proceedings; PB: 400 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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