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Genesal Energy emergency power for a mobile water-generation plant

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Water-generation plants extract water from the environment, concentrating and purifying it inside the equipment.

This type of mobile infrastructure makes it possible to bring drinking water to remote areas where access to it is very scarce or even non-existent.

Genesal Energy has just supplied a custom generator set for one of these plants. These devices operate in emergencies or natural catastrophes. They also play a fundamental role in places where there is a lack of water infrastructures.

Among other projects we have designed for this sector, we have manufactured and supplied a tailor-made 20ft DV container generator set.

What was the objective?

The solution developed by our engineers focused on powering the entire series of elements that are installed inside the container itself. The Engineering Department also points out the specific characteristics of the place, e.g. the humidity conditions, where the generator set is going to operate.

Importance of a generator set.

A genset is the main source of power for these plants, which are often installed in remote locations where the infrastructure is very poor. They are often commissioned in areas where there is not even access to a conventional power grid.

Customer need

The client needed a generator set with a great autonomy and the necessary robustness to be able to be transported through unconventional places where cargos are subjected to high stresses due to the shakings.

The small area available was also a handicap. It “forced us to build a fairly high base frame for generators of this power rate in order to reach the fuel capacity required for the requested operating hours”, our technicians explain. “We had to make reinforcements and frames for the container, completely different elements from the standard ones”, they underline.

Eventually, the engineering department was able to design the container as required by the customer in order to be able to install the rest of the elements.

Features:

  • Specially designed container meeting customer’s requirements.
  • Custom-designed base frame, adapted to the location and space reserved by the customer inside the container.
  • 1000 L base frame integrated fuel tank.
  • RAL colour required by the customer.

Genesal Energy increases its presence in the UK generator healthcare industry providing the Eastbourne hospital

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The design of generator sets for the healthcare sector must meet many criteria, but there are two without which achieving optimum performance would be virtually impossible: power and silence.

Genesal Energy Health generator sets complies with both – high power and soundproofing – ensuring normal operation in the event of any power failure or incident.

One of our latest projects has been delivered for the United Kingdom, reinforcing the power supply for Eastbourne Hospital, in the Southeastern County of East Sussex.

Power

The town of Eastbourne has a population of almost 100,000 and its hospital is a speciality centre that covers the demand of not only the city but also the small surrounding towns, making it one of the main health facilities in the county.

The project developed by our engineering department consisted of extending the emergency network designing, manufacturing and commissioning two new powerful and silent hospital generators, guaranteeing an average sound pressure level of 75 decibels at one metre at all times.

As with other special turnkey projects, the generator sets at Eastbourne Hospital have a number of features that set them apart. These are the main ones:

FEATURES:

  • Walls fitted with high-thickness acoustic panels and a synthetic foil for special soundproofing, guaranteeing also EI120 fire resistance.
  • Outlet Air silencers fitted to the container and Inlet Air silencers integrated into the container.
  • Mitsubishi S16R PTA engine fitted with a Mecc Alte ECO46 2S4A alternator on a base frame.
  • Certified 1000-litre double-walled (steel-steel) tank inside the container.
  • Exhaust gas silencers providing -40 dB attenuation.
  • C5 paint surface treatment, according to ISO12944.
  • Automatic fuel transfer system.
  • Special power outlet busbars for coupling to the busbar trunking system.
  • Motorised air inlet and outlet louvers and indoor space heaters.

Generator set for a hangar at Barajas airport with a surface area equivalent to three football pitches.

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Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport leads the ranking of air traffic in Spain. It closed the 2023 financial year with a passenger volume of more than 60 million and more than 380,000 operations carried out.

The figures reflect the importance of this airfield which, due to its colossal dimensions, needs to have many hangars where aircraft can “rest”. Premises equipped to carry out repairs and maintenance operations inside.

They are normally designed to house more than one aircraft and emergency power is key to their operation. With a surface area of more than 22,400 square metres, the equivalent of almost three football pitches, one of these airport hangars needed a special generator. Genesal Energy has just supplied contingency power to prevent a significant loss of time and money with a special genset for airports.

Tailor-made: generator set for a hangar

“The client required the customised manufacture of hoppers and bellows for the generator’s cooling air outlet, as well as a gas duct with 90° bends to adapt to the layout of the hangar’s generator room“, explain the engineering staff which developed this project. 

Our engineering team’s solution consisted of a highly customised generator set, which was manufactured according to the customer’s requests, seeking the best options for a special site with such particular dimensions.

Technical Data

  • Power panel integrated in the alternator, allowing the intake of two cables per phase.
  • Calculation of the necessary cross-sections for the inlet and outlet of gases in the room, tailor-made hopper and bellows.
  • Oversized exhaust silencer model.
  • Multicolour control panel.
  • Heating system.
  • Integrated 350 L tank.

We bring energy to the “Carlos Tartiere”, the largest football stadium in Asturias with a seating capacity of 30,500.

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With 30,500 seating capacity, the “Carlos Tartiere” municipal football stadium, home to Real Oviedo, is also the largest sports venue in Asturias.

Genesal Energy has designed an open and customised generator set for stadium to guarantee the electricity supply in the event of a possible failure of the main grid. If it happens, the show must go on.

For facilities of this type, the availability of emergency generators has become compulsory by law. The reason is to prevent a simple blackout from forcing the cancellation of a match or competition, with the consequent inconvenience that this would cause the players, spectators and, above all, the club, as it would have serious economic and reputational consequences.

Emergency generator for stadium

“The installation of a generator set in a football stadium guarantees 100% of the electricity supply and that the events in the stadium can take place normally, without problems”, explained the Genesal Energy Engineering Department.

In this type of project, the generator sets must have highly reliable engines to assume the loads quickly in the event of a grid failure, maintaining not only the frequency but also the generation voltage.

Genesal Energy is perfectly aware of the importance of small details and precision in the manufacturing process of generating sets for sports venues and we have carried out numerous projects in this sector. Among our latest works we can highlight the emergency systems for the Mendizorroza stadium and for the municipal stadium of Anduva.

Which was our solution for Real Oviedo FC?

Our client needed to replace a generator in poor condition and reorientate the air inlet and gas outlet due to works being carried out at the sports facility. Based on this premise, the engineering department developed an open generator on a laminated ‘U’ with an independent 1000 litre tank, switch on alternator and compact box of two batteries. The customer required the input to the group power with two cables per phase and the customised manufacture of the hopper and bellow for the air outlet of the radiator.

 

Technical Data

  • Emergency unit with external start-up.
  • Open skid on laminated ‘U’.
  • 4-pole CB on alternator.
  • Dimensions adapted to customer’s room.
  • ComAp InteliLite4 AMF 25 controller.
  • Additional heating pump.
  • Additional tank 1000 litres.
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Installation and Arrangement of Generators

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Generators are divided into different categories according to the way and the place they are installed. We will explain to you what those categories are.

Equipos móviles para obras o proyectos en zonas aisladas, generadores de emergencia estáticos situados en el interior de fábricas, grupos electrógenos exteriores operando en áreas densamente pobladas… Todos ellos necesitan cumplir diferentes requisitos, que acaban marcando su diseño y su tipo de montaje.

Aunque esos requisitos pueden ser diversos y numerosos, se puede decir que hay 3 variables básicas que acabarán caracterizando a un generador:

  • First of all, the mobility which will be required by the generator. Are we talking about a generator which will be installed in a fixed location, never to be moved again, or is it a generator which will be used in various locations?
  • Secondly, its isolation from the environment. Will the generator be installed inside a building or will it be located outdoors?
  • Finally, the acoustic requirements of the environment in which it will be installed. Will it be of critical importance to maintain a low level of decibels or will there be no restrictions in matters of acoustic pressure?

Once these questions are answered, we will be able to choose the type of generator most suited to the requirements of our project.

The basic types of installation

Despite the fact that there is an infinity of personalization options, there are 3 types of installations according to the parameters mentioned above.

1. The open stationary installation

This type of installation is foreseen for projects in which the generator is installed inside a building and it does not need to be moved once installed. Consequently, the generator does not need any casing to protect it from inclement weather, nor does it have any mobility device.

The generator will be installed on a steel bedplate (with or without an integrated fuel tank), capable of sustaining the static mechanical requirements, as well as the vibrations to which the generator will be subjected throughout its service life.

2. The stationary sound-damping installation

When the generator will be exposed to bad weather conditions, will be stationary and the sound level it produces will have to be low, this type of installation is the ideal one.

The generator is encapsulated in a galvanized steel cabinet, protecting it from inclement weather. The inner part of the hood is covered by sound-damping material, which allows for the reduction of the sound level which is emitted. Therefore, this type of installation is adequate in applications where noise is a crucial factor.

3. The mobile sound-damping installation

This is the type of generator which is usually seen in provisional installations (events, film shootings etc.). Its differentiating feature is that this type of generator must have the possibility to be moved to where energy is required; consequently, it will be installed on a trailer.

The device is placed on some special anti-vibration dampers, capable of sustaining the sheer stress (or lateral deformation) which can happen during circulation: factors such as braking, acceleration or bumps. In this way, one manages to protect the monoblock (the engine-alternator group) and to ensure the generator’s functioning and durability.

At Genesal Energy, we provide generators adapted to these three generic categories of installation and arrangement. They can be further personalized in order to adapt in the best way possible to the specific applications that our customers need.

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