Load bank system for a generator set
AssigneeRolls-Royce Solutions GmbH
InventorsConrad Dieken, Nicholas Kolhoff, James Maercklein, Dibiz Kansakar, Lenny Hill, Jessica Wanderscheid
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Abstract
A generator set system includes: a generator set including an engine and a generator operatively coupled with the engine; a radiator operatively coupled with the engine; and a load bank system including: a load bank mounted to the radiator and including a resistor array; and a load bank control panel operatively coupled with and spaced apart from the load bank.
Claims20
A generator set system, comprising:
- a generator set including an engine and a generator operatively coupled with the engine;
- a radiator operatively coupled with the engine;
- a load bank system including:
- a load bank mounted to the radiator and including a resistor array;
- and
- a load bank control panel operatively coupled with and spaced apart from the load bank, the load bank control panel including a housing that is spaced apart from the load bank, load bank control panel being a relay and switching station;
- and
- a generator set controller, which includes a housing that is spaced apart from the load bank, the housing of the load bank control panel and the housing of the generator set controller being distinct relative to one another.
A load bank system of a generator set system, the generator set system including a generator set and a radiator, the generator set including a generator set including an engine and a generator operatively coupled with the engine, the radiator being operatively coupled with the engine, the load bank system comprising:
- a load bank configured for being mounted to the radiator, the load bank including a resistor array;
- and
- a load bank control panel operatively coupled with and spaced apart from the load bank, the load bank control panel including a housing that is spaced apart from the load bank, the housing of the load bank control panel being configured for being distinct from a housing of a generator set controller of the generator set system, load bank control panel being a relay and switching station.
A method of using a generator set system, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing that the generator set system includes a generator set, a radiator, a load bank system, and a generator set controller, the generator set including an engine and a generator operatively coupled with the engine, the radiator being operatively coupled with the engine, the load bank system including a load bank and a load bank control panel;
- mounting the load bank to the radiator, the load bank including a resistor array;
- and
- operatively coupling the load bank control panel with the load bank such that the load bank control panel is spaced apart from the load bank, the load bank control panel including a housing that is spaced apart from the load bank, the generator set controller including a housing that is spaced apart from the load bank, the housing of the load bank control panel and the housing of the generator set controller being distinct relative to one another, load bank control panel being a relay and switching station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.