When an engine starts and the exhaust stack is cold, then there is condensation of water in the exhaust.
This condensate is acidic.
A similar condensate is produced by condensing boilers, where in the UK, the practice is to pipe it to the foul drain.
As regards condensate from engines, we...
I have a friend with a stock generator rated and tested at 10.5 kv +/- 10%
This is so it can be used at 10kv and 11 kv +/- 5%
They have a customer who is in the UK and wants 11kv and finds the ‘continental’ 10 / 10.5 kv very odd and asks for evidence that this is a ‘real’ distribution voltage...
Sorry this is late, well, sorry it has happened at all!
Another British manufacturer bites the dust. I did my student apprenticeship there, building transformers, switchgear, generators, motors and control systems. You cannot get training like that anymore...
These are the latest UK connection mandatory requirements
Comments and questions are appreciated
only applies for generators 50 to 5000 kW
http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=0f7ed166-25fb-471f-9897-83c6c45f7817&file=5._ENA_EREC_G59_Issue_3_Amendment_3_2018_.pdf
There is (to me) an interesting post in the Engineering Failures and Disasters forum, concerning a major grid blackout in Australia.
http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=418158
It seems that wind turbine generators have protection on Fault Ride Through - Specifically Low Voltage Ride...
