Diesel Standby Generator Maintenance PDF
A diesel standby backup power generator needs a proven maintenance plan.
By Larry Bush
| Diesel Standby Generator Maintenance PDF |
| ESBN: B10-851A-1b33-77B4 |
Description: Research, set up, and operate a new diesel generator maintenance plan. The author starts off by telling a most interesting story of when he set up the emergency generator maintenance team for one of the largest international oil companies in the world. The case studies backing up this plan are more giant corporations with automatic transfer switches for multiple diesel standby generators. Even so, smaller companies with only one standby generator can and should utilize this maintenance plan.
Several high-profile emergency generator set failures during power outages resulted in an upper management decision that led to the author's research, detailed in this 96-page PDF download. Detailed procedures follow the storyline, the steps the author used during the creation process leading up to the maintenance team's startup date, and detailed examples of how maintenance handled specific field problems.
Learn from Larry Bush as he leads his maintenance team through the research to purchase, set up, and maintain an Emergency Standby Generator (ESG) for an international oil company. You can also apply many of the generator maintenance tips in the book to portable generator operation. |
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Diesel Standby Generator Maintenance PDF Contents:
Chapter 1
SETUP AND IMPLEMENTATION (3)
Chapter 2
SETUP AND IMPLEMENTATION DETAILED OUTLINE (23)
Chapter 3
MAINTENANCE TEAM OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (31)
Chapter 4
GENERATOR SET PURCHASING SPECIFICATIONS (40)
Chapter 5
EGMU FIELD PROBLEMS WITH EXAMPLES (65)
Chapter 6
IN SUMMARY (96)
Excerpts From the Diesel Standby Generator Maintenance Chapters:
Diesel standby generator setup and implementation:
This book's main purpose is to show how I researched, set up, and operated a new maintenance team to focus on the diesel standby generators in an international oil company. It includes detailed procedures for the steps I used during the creation process leading up to the startup date of the maintenance team and detailed examples of how specific field problems were handled.
The development, standardization, approval, and adoption by the company of the team's operating instructions, Emergency and Standby Generator (ESG) purchasing standards, and fuel tank standards occurred in an environment that used standards based on various United States entities, including National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), National Electric Code (NEC), American National Standards Institute (ANSI), National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), and others, including European standards organizations, including those recommended by the manufacturer.
Generator Setup and Maintenance Detailed Outline:
B. Training
1. Prepare job descriptions and job requirements from company-supplied forms for each job in the new team.
2. Work with the Organizational and Industrial Engineering Department (O&IE) to authorize the diesel mechanic career path for the new maintenance role.
3. Work with the Training Department and O&IE Department to utilize the existing electrical training curriculum for electricians and diesel mechanics training from a local diesel mechanics training provider...
Note: This product is a PDF whitepaper, not a diesel generator training course.
Generator Operation Instructions for Maintenance:
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Emergency Power Supply System (EPSS): A complete functioning system of an Emergency Power Supply (EPS) coupled to a system that may consist of conductors, disconnecting means, and all control, supervisory, and support devices up to and including the load terminals of the transfer equipment needed for the system to operate as a safe and reliable source of electric power.
1.2 Automatic Transfer Switch: Self-acting equipment for transferring one or more load conductor connections from one power source to another.
1.3 Bypass-Isolation Switch: A manually operated device used in conjunction with and part of an automatic transfer switch to provide a means of (1) directly connecting the load conductors to a power source and (2) disconnecting the automatic transfer switch...
Diesel Generator Set Purchasing Specifications:
This specification contains Company requirements for synchronous generators and diesel engines. The specific requirements for diesel generator sets of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 37 and 110 are added, along with the definitions contained in International Standards Organization (ISO) Standards 3046 and 8528.
The specification follows the format of the American Petroleum Institute (API) Standards for rotating equipment and includes several of their standard paragraphs...
Standby Generator Field Problems with Examples:
A number of incidents occurred while maintaining the company-owned ESGs situated over such a large area. I will relate some of them in the hope that the information might be helpful to the reader.
The company had an Engineering Building with a computer center in Dhahran that utilized a 1460 HP Detroit Diesel generator set for emergency power. An emergency battery setup in the building provided bridge-over power for up to ½ hours.
Nine months before we took over responsibility from the existing generator service providers, the Engineering Building generator faulted out and was removed from service. An emergency generator was temporarily rented from the local Detroit Diesel vendor.
Diesel standby generator Summary for Maintenance:
The research, planning, and implementation steps I followed in the outline to create the diesel standby generator maintenance plan could also be used to create a different maintenance team. Substitute your maintenance items for the generator sets; you should be home-free.
I have written another e-book called "Maintenance Policy and Procedures". The emergency generator maintenance team was formed using the procedures from that eBook and adapted to the oil company structure.
A functioning team did not spring from the ground full-blown overnight. The total time from conception to completion was 18 months.
Also covered is identifying spare parts needs and issues related to consumable spares such as air filters, water filters, oil filters, fuel filters, batteries, starters, spark plugs, hoses, copper tubing, oil heaters, and other large or fast-moving items.
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Emergency Diesel Electric Generator Definitions:
Below are some terms used in the section about the instructions for the generator operation maintenance team.
Emergency Power Supply System (EPSS)
An Emergency Power Supply System (EPSS) is a complete functioning system of an Emergency Power Supply (EPS) coupled to a system that may consist of conductors, disconnecting means, and all control, supervisory, and support devices up to and including the load terminals of the transfer equipment needed for the system to operate as a safe and reliable source of electric power.
Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS)
An automatic transfer switch is a self-acting equipment that transfers one or more load conductor connections from one power source to another.
Bypass-Isolation Switch
A bypass isolation switch is a manually operated device used in conjunction with and part of an automatic transfer switch to provide a means of (1) directly connecting load conductors to a power source and (2) disconnecting the automatic transfer switch.
Level 1 Class EPSS
Level 1 Class EPSS Equipment requires performance in applications where the requirements are most stringent and where failure to perform could result in serious injuries or loss of human life. All Level 1 equipment remains permanently installed.
Level 2 Class EPSS
Level 2 Class EPSS Equipment requires performance in applications where the failure of the EPSS to perform is less critical to human life and safety and where it is expected that the authority having jurisdiction will exercise its option to allow a higher degree of flexibility than under Level 1. All Level 2 equipment is a permanent installation.
Level 3 EPSS
Level 3 EPSS Equipment includes optional standby systems with all other equipment and applications not defined in Levels 1 and 2.
The Industry standards referenced in this book are:
- NFPA 20 Standard for Installation of Centrifugal Fire Pumps
- NFPA 30 Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code
- NFPA 37 Standard for the Installation and Use of Stationary Combustion Engines and Gas Turbines
- NFPA 70 National Electric Code
- NFPA 99 Standard for Health Care Facilities
- NFPA 101 Life Safety Code
- NFPA 110 Standard for Emergency and Standby Power Systems
EPSS Equipment covered in this book are:
- Emergency and Standby generator sets.
- Controls for engines and generators.
- Automatic transfer switches and controls.
- Engine starting batteries and battery charger.
- Bypass-isolation switch.
- Diesel-engine drive for the fire water pump.
- Diesel-engine Controller for fire water pump.
- Diesel-engine fuel storage system: storage tank(s), piping, and fuel pumps.
Disclaimer:
The specifications in Larry's book define mandatory requirements governing the design and selection of stationary or portable generator sets (diesel engine-driven) for utility or standby power generation rated 35 KW (50 HP) or more. The specifications do not apply to marine installations. Installations in hazardous locations will require additional features to be specified in the project specification.
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