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Grid Codes –
Compliance and Certification
Pages 7-9

Edition 4:
Page 2
UK Speaker of The
House of Commons
Visits Romania
Facility

Page 3-4
The Application
of Our Expertise

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Hybrid Power
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Foreword

Welcome to the 4th edition of Generating Insight. Like many

companies, we appreciate the value of sharing our knowledge. It
aligns with one of Cummins’ mission statements: “Partnering with our
customers to make sure they succeed.”

In this issue we have featured "Grid Codes - Compliance and Certification".

With new legislation being adopted by more countries to help ensure
continuous and stable power supplies as well as uniformity of transmission
and distribution practices, Transmission System Operators and Distribution
System Operators are applying new generating set performance
expectations. Cummins Generator Technologies evaluates grid code design
strategies and the certification process required for generating
sets manufacturers.

We also highlight our Applications Engineering Team in the feature "The

Application of Our Expertise", who together, form an easily-accessible
repository of product knowledge, operating experience and electrical
engineering capability that are here to to ensure our products match your
needs. However, for the Application Team to meet that challenge, many
things need to be in place to make sure customer expectations are met. For
a great example, see the "Customer In Focus" feature where we provided 16
AvK generators operating at temperatures reaching -20°C for an onshore Oil
and Gas stationary rig in Siberia.

I hope this edition of our Generating Insight illustrates how Cummins

Generator Technologies is focused in ways to help you grow; by expanding
product lines, delivery quality and helping you to achieve successful and
profitable projects, even in these challenging markets.

We thank you for your continued business in 2013, and wish you a
productive 2014.

Robin Jackson
Chief Engineer
Global Service Engineering
Cummins Generator Technologies

Generating Insight is the Cummins Generator Technologies magazine focusing on topics

Editorial relevant to our products, our customers and our industry.

Copyright 2014 . Cummins Generator Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Editor: Anita Fountain
Email: anita.fountain@cummins.com
STAMFORD, AvK and MARKON are registered trade marks of Cummins Generator
Technologies Ltd.
Publication design by Media Mill Ltd.
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UK Speaker of The House of
Commons Visits Romania Facility
The Right Honorable John Bercow, Speaker of the
House of Commons and Member of UK Parliament
visited Cummins Generator Technologies Romania earlier
this year to celebrate continued British investment and
manufacturing excellence in Romania.
Cummins identified Craiova as the location to expand
its larger generator production facilities during 2014 with
an €11.5M investment in capacity as well as advanced
manufacturing technologies and testing facilities.
John Bercow MP was joined on this visit by Martin Harris,
British Ambassador in Romania, Andreea Radu, Deputy
Head of the UKTI Bucharest, Valeriu Zgonea, President of
Deputies Chamber in Romania, Ion Prioteasa, President of
Dolj County Council, Deca Marius Costinel, Prefect of Dolj
County and Lia Olguta Vasilescu, Mayor of Craiova.
Ron Cebula, General Manager of Cummins Generator
Technologies Romania, commented “We are delighted
to announce our growth plans for Craiova. I believe
this investment, coupled with the on-going personal
development of our dedicated employees will bring
the best of British and Romanian industries together.”
Cebula added “It is a privilege for Cummins Generator
Technologies to host this event here in Craiova.”
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Cummins Generator Technologies established itself in
Craiova in 1999 and has since become an integral element
of Cummins’ global engineering and manufacturing
capability. Craiova was selected as a strategic growth
location to manufacture 600kVA to 7,000kVA STAMFORD
and AvK generators and components, now producing in
excess of 800 generators per annum, employing over 700
employees as a result. Cummins identified Craiova for its
design and manufacturing operations due to its central
European location, excellent links with local universities and
significantly the collaboration between the UK embassy in
Bucharest and the Romanian government.
In 2008 and each year since, Cummins Generator
Technologies has been awarded recognition as a Top Three
company by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry from
Dolj county.
“We are delighted to announce our growth
plans for Craiova. I believe this investment,
coupled with the on-going personal
development of our dedicated employees
will bring the best of British and Romanian
industries together.”
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The Application
of Our Expertise
Cummins Generator Technologies enhances its Customer Engineering support

Cummins Generator Technologies' Applications
Engineering team is determined to make sure that the
generator you buy is right for you.
The Applications team is an easy-accessible repository of
product knowledge, operating experience and electrical
engineering capability that can help ensure our products
match your needs.
However, for the Applications team to meet that challenge,
many things need to be in place in order to make sure
customer expectations are met each time, every time. In
short, making sure each generator matches the customer’s
mission.
To that end, Cummins Generator Technologies has recently
taken steps to increase the capabilities and expertise within
its Applications team in a number of areas. So what are
those steps?
Within the engineering team organisation, ‘customer-focus’
is the number one priority and primary function. Thus, the
Customer Engineering team now incorporates Applications
Engineering and Service Engineering personnel―both with
key distinct tasks.
The Applications Engineering team’s role is to fully
understand current-product applications, managing and
providing product performance data through a number of
delivery streams, interacting with the global customer base
in order to ensure that the products Cummins Generator
Technologies sell meet the performance criteria and
specifications demanded by the customer. This is achieved
by an on-going dialogue with the customer before, during
and (equally-important) after the sale of a generator.
The Service Engineering team, meanwhile, is responsible
for driving, and resolving, customer product investigations
through the Rapid Problem Solving (RPS) processes, as
well as product validation, interacting with not only with
Cummins’ customers but also with end-users.
Creating the Customer Engineering team has already
achieved a great deal―not least through effectively joining-
up the two ends of the customer-facing engineering
activity, bringing together applications excellence
with product issue resolution, translating both sets of
knowledge into improving our product application reliability.
That operational ‘know-how’ is fed-back to the product
design and development teams, thereby ensuring a
continuous product development activity that’s driven by
the needs and requirements of customer applications and
associated challenges―which products must match, in
order to stay competitive and gain market advantage.
Cummins Generator Technologies’ Global Applications
Team is led by Simon Walton. Simon has been with
Cummins for more than 18 years gaining considerable
knowledge and experience within the world of rotating
machines. He has been tasked with developing the
company’s customer support capabilities, particularly
through the recruitment of skilled personnel to support
business expansion in regions like North America and
recently restructuring operations in China.
Cummins Generator Technologies’ customers will continue
to benefit from its Applications teams’ unrivalled knowledge
of their products and operations in a wide range of
industry segments―traditionally provided by our Application
Guidance Notes.
Simon Walton also continues to champion Applications
Engineering Functional Excellence - our process for driving
improvement - through the development of harmonised
applications performance data and the creation of
applications tools. Moreover, the use of Six Sigma’quality-
improvement tools and processes has already seen a
number of Customer Focused Six Sigma (CFSS) projects
delivering automated performance data creation tools
such as:
■■ P-Q diagrams (machine-operating capability charts)
■■ Three-Phase Decrement curves
■■ Transient Voltage Dip and Recovery curves
■■ Magnetisation curves
■■ Overload curves
These tools, together with many others, provide a
harmonised and above-all-else consistent approach
to performance-matching data, and speed-up the
creation and delivery of this critical product performance
confirmation to our customers.
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Equally important, to ensure these latest improvements customers. But for now, with the on-going strategy of
reach and benefit customers, Cummins Generator constantly enhancing the structure and capabilities of the
Technologies’ Applications team has become even more Applications team, Cummins Generator Technologies will
closely aligned with the commercial organisation as continue to deliver products and services in support of their
members of key accounts teams. Together, they deliver customers whatever the product, wherever the application.
focused applications guidance and product matching
capability, ensuring a successful product delivery process If you would like to contact our Application team, please
to all customers. As a result of those organisational email: applications@cummins.com
enhancements, customers will not
only enjoy a quicker delivery
of information and advice
throughout the generator
delivery process, but also
enjoy even greater ‘mission-
matching’ of products to
their requirements―which
can only enhance the value
that Cummins Generator
Technologies already brings
to its customers, from
initial product application
advice through to on-going
operating support.

Last but not least, Cummins

Generator Technologies is
currently running a number
of projects where the
Applications team is working
in support of further product
developments. In particular,
driving product development
forward in order to ensure
compatibility for the new Grid
Code operating requirements,
which are currently developing
in a large percentage of the
global power systems.

Naturally, the process of

improvement never ends so the
above achievements are certainly
not the end of the story. There is
further work to do to continually
improve and provide a world-class
applications experience for our
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Hybrid POWER
Commercial vehicle operators’ concerns about greener
trucks and buses could be allayed with the development of
integrated hybrid subsystem components.
Putting a hybrid drive in a commercial vehicle is hardly
‘breaking news’…Europe’s truck and bus makers have
been developing diesel/electric chassis for years, so today
they’re no longer CV show ‘talking points’, but fully-
available production-line models that have already been
tried and tested by some of the biggest logistics, municipal
and passenger transport fleets in Europe.
On paper, hybrids come with impressive credentials,
especially in terms of cutting CO² and saving fuel, with
the OEM’s regularly quoting reductions of up to 25% for
both. By being able to use supplementary electrical power
during a hybrid vehicle’s launch-phase truck and bus
manufacturers have the potential to remove one of the
most fuel-thirsty stages in a vehicle’s every-day operation.
Likewise, given the stop-start nature of inner-city delivery
and refuse-collection trucks, as well as city-bus operations,
using a regenerative braking system on a hybrid vehicle
means there is plenty of opportunity to regularly top up its
battery pack, further extending the use of the hybrid drive.
Burning less fuel naturally means fewer harmful emissions
too, especially in environmentally sensitive inner-city areas,
where air quality is an increasingly major issue. Hybrid
technology also provides large transport organisations with
the perfect tool to demonstrate a clear ‘green’ strategy.
Yet despite all those obvious ‘pros’, many fleet buyers
remain wary of hybrid trucks and buses thanks to ‘cons’,
that include the additional weight of battery packs, vehicle
servicing and reliability issues, technology durability
uncertainties, and their additional costs.
Cummins Generator Technologies’ CorePlus™ motor
generator, together with its own controls software in the
power electronics, will tackle those concerns head-on,
both for OEMs and potential hybrid truck and bus buyers.
Its compact design (168mm long) means the generator
can be easily fitted between the engine and gearbox, with
minimum disruption to existing drivetrain layouts.
Suitable for either parallel, or series-hybrid drivetrains, its
hollow rotor design fits any driveshaft configuration. And as
its rotor casting only has to handle the torque produced by
the electric motor only (rather than the diesel engine) the
overall weight is just 103kg.

Battery Pack
Cummins Power Electronics
Cummins CorePlus™ Motor Generator
The operating efficiency of the
CorePlus generator, which has a
maximum power of 90kW and a
peak torque of 660Nm, is quoted as
“greater than 95%."
By adding its own CorePlus™ power electronics inverter
and controls software to the motor generator, Cummins
Generator Technologies has been able to optimise
performance and efficiency. The operating efficiency of the
CorePlus™ generator, which has a maximum power of
90kW and a peak torque of 660Nm, is quoted as “greater
than 95%.” The latter is a particularly noteworthy point
explains Robert Lee, Executive Director, Power Generation
Strategy for Cummins Generator Technologies: “Efficiency
is the single-most important factor affecting a hybrid
system’s overall economic case, primarily through vehicle
fuel savings.
“The higher the efficiency of the motor generator, the more
energy is captured so the hybrid drive can run for longer,
thereby improving the vehicles’ fuel savings and reducing
emissions even further.”
By fully integrating the hybrid system with the rest of
its hardware and software, Cummins has also ensured
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A typical Cummins CorePlus™ Motor Generator
new levels of safety as the motor generator and power
electronics have full protection.
To help OEMs develop future hybrid systems, Cummins
can also use custom simulation tools. For a given hybrid
vehicle duty cycle these can determine the best power,
torque and performance requirements to deliver the best
fuel and emission savings. Furthermore, highly efficient low
cost solutions from the company’s manufacturing site in
China offer shorter payback on investment and rely less on
government subsidies to promote adoption.
Lee concludes thus: “Working together, the CorePlus
hybrid subsystem components offer a tightly integrated
solution that improves performance, efficiency and
system protection. We have the people and systems in
place to work with OEMs to deliver the latest in engine
electrification, anywhere in the world.”
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Grid Codes –
Certification and Compliance
An evaluation of generator set design implications and the certification process
A Distributed Landscape in some extreme cases a collapse of the entire grid. Grid
By 2030, world electricity demand will have doubled since
the turn of the century, if projections by the International
Atomic Energy Agency are accurate. That power increase
would have historically come from traditional sources of
power generation such as fossil fuels and nuclear fission.
But in today’s distributed power generation landscape
a great deal of that additional demand will come from
renewables and distributed power generation.
Distributed generation is commonly defined as a collection
of small scale energy sources dispersed over a grid. This
type of power generation relies on prime movers with an
internal combustion engine using diesel or gas, or hydro
turbines, solar plants with inverters, wind farms with and
without inverters.
Distributed power plants benefit from a relatively fast
installation cycle, enabling quick delivery of grid support.
They can also achieve green and environmentally friendly
solutions in the case of solar, wind and hydro power.
However the self-contained and self-protecting nature
of distributed power plants can make the grid less
stable. Traditionally, distributed power generating plants
were allowed to disconnect from the grid during short
disturbances. However, with such a large proportion of the
grid being supplied by distributed sources, self-protection
can lead to a mass drop-off of these installations and so
codes are being introduced in part, to protect the system
from potential mass drop-off events.
The impact of this necessary legislation is that in future,
generating sets will be expected to stay connected
regardless of any short term power disturbance. This
means the generator must be capable of ‘riding through’
severe transient events and still come out smiling on the
other side.
To ensure this continuity and security of power supply,
electricity Transmission System Operators (TSO) and
Distribution System Operators (DSO) across the world are
beginning to introduce grid code requirements that define
performance expectations on power plants. These codes
fall under two distinct categories Steady State operation
and Transient operation.
Steady State Operation
Under steady-state (static) conditions, grid codes require
that the generator’s specified kVA rating be supplied over
a wide range of voltage, power factor and frequency
conditions. The specifics of each country’s or region’s grid
codes vary slightly, but from a broad perspective, the key
aspects of the Steady State conditions are:
■■ Terminal Voltage variation of ±10%
■■ Lagging or Leading Power Factor
■■ Supply Frequency variation of ±5%
The voltage and frequency requirements are not particularly
dissimilar to IEC60034 Zone B operation, however, the
generator must be designed to achieve those typical
performance requirements. The risks associated with not
designing for these conditions are excessive operating
temperatures due to rotor over excitation and increased
exposure to potential pole slip events due to weakened
electromagnetic coupling between the stator and rotor.
Transient Operation
The Transient, or dynamic operating condition, requires the
generating set to stay connected to the grid during fault or
disturbance events. This requirement is commonly called a
Fault Ride Through (FRT) or in some cases a Low Voltage
Ride Through (LVRT) event. These FRTs can expose the
generator to severe thermal, mechanical and electrical
stresses. Designing generators and their associated
components to comply with grid codes is therefore very
challenging.

Under an FRT, the voltage at the Point of Common
Coupling (PCC) drops to a very low value and the active
load on the generating set drops proportionally. There is a
chain of events now set in place. Firstly, the kinetic energy
in the shaft tries to accelerate the unloaded generator
toward a pole slip event. A generator designed with the
correct levels of system inertia and synchronous reactance
will limit the impact of this rotational step change and a
pole slip will be avoided. However this stage of the FRT
event will cause high levels of thermal and mechanical
stress, as the acceleration of the rotor stresses the
generator mechanically whilst the low voltage at the
generator terminal induces high short circuit currents in the
stator windings.
The second phase of an FRT event occurs when the
TSO or DSO clears the grid fault and the generating set
is required to align itself almost instantly to grid frequency
and voltage. It should be noted that the generating set
has potentially just been through an acceleration event, so
there is a high possibility that the generator and the grid
are now electrically out of phase with one another. As there
is no longer the luxury of a controlled resynchronisation
sequence, the generating set must be designed to be
robust enough to deal with a ‘crash sync’ that could be as
severe as 180oelec out of phase. A design
challenge indeed.
Global Grid Codes
Germany is leading the way for grid codes implementation
with Italy and France not that far behind. Each country
has their own specific grid regulations, however, there is
a move to harmonise all European grid codes into one
Pan European grid code. This initiative is being led by the
European Network of Transmission System Operators for
electricity, more usually referred to as ENTSO-e.
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ENTSO-e is already in the process of developing these
mandatory European wide regulations and have a planned
implementation date of 2017. Once this standard has been
finalised by the ENTSO-e consortium, we will publish an
article to expand on the implications of this new common
European Grid Code.
The demand for grid regulation is not just European
specific. In the USA, IEEE1547 is being modified to
incorporate steady state voltage and frequency variation
and to allow for transient FRT capability. Australia is
implementing their own mandatory grid code regulations
for power plants above 30MW, whilst Japan is promoting
the implementation of a smart grid infrastructure rather
than introduce transient condition grid codes.
Design Implications
In order to satisfy new grid regulations, generators need to
be designed to be statically and dynamically stable.
A key parameter affecting stability is operating load angle
– the larger the load angle, the more likely a pole slip will
occur. The level of synchronous reactance (Xd, Xq) of the
generator, can directly impact the operating load angle and
through careful design they can be tailored to minimise
load angle for a given generator rating.
The inertia of the rotating mass of crankshaft, coupling
arrangement and rotor, has a fundamental influence on the
dynamic stability of the generating set. In simple terms, the
higher the inertia constant (H) the harder it is for the FRT
event to alter the synchronous speed of the generating set.
This is particularly important when the fault is cleared and
the generating set is resynchronised with the grid.
Visit our new microsite for more Grid
Code information and resources:
www.gridcodegenerators.com
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Define Grid Code Requirements

Apply Requirements
Cummins
Generator
Establish test plan
Develop simulation model Technologies to
of product support and
supply
generator data
Tuning of
Actual LVRT and
simulation model
power quality tests
with credited test
house

Responsibility of the
Share data with certification body Generating Set Manufacturer

Joint development Generating Set

Certification body to validate model Manufacturer and Cummins Generator
Technologies

Data provided by Cummins

Write measurement report Generator Technologies

Gain certification

Grid compatible generators should be inherently robust
in order to withstand the physical impact of FTR events.
This can be through enhanced stator and rotor bracing or
simply by derating. In order to soften the impact of high
rotor transients on the excitation circuit, driven by FRT
and pole slip events, snubber resistors may also be fitted.
The certification model derives the majority of
its performance parameters from the generator
manufacturer. For the engine, only kW rating and
inertia constant (H) are required. Cummins Generator
Technologies has already developed the certification
models required for our generator ranges.

To provide ongoing design improvement data, Cummins
Generator Technologies has developed GenSentry™, a
custom data logging system which identifies and records
grid disturbances. GenSentry™ seamlessly integrates
into the terminal box of STAMFORD or AvK generators to
provides customers with valuable real-time and historical
data about the load and transient environment that their
generating set isoperating in.
Certification not only meets the requirements of grid code operation
Having grid code compatible generators fitted to grid
code compliant generating sets requires an intensive
certification process. The certification process requires
that a practical FRT test be conducted using specially
constructed reactive and resistive networks capable of
simulating grid events. Further certification within that
product range can then be achieved through running a
computer simulated model using parameters gained from
the practical test. One practical product test will cover a
range of power outputs from 50% to 200% of the tested
product. For example, the practical testing of a 1,500kVA
generating set, will certify the same product over a 750 to
3,000kVA range.
The diagram above shows the steps and processes
required to certify a generating set for grid code
compliance. It should be noted that he certification
process is for a complete generator set and not the
generator alone.
To support our customers through the certification
process we have developed a range of products and
certification models from 150kVA to 18,000kVA, which
but also ensures the durability and performance of the
alternator is unaffected.
The solution Cummins Generator Technologies offers
includes not only the product, but also the expertise and
experience to assist our customers through certification,
wherever they are in the world.
For further information please visit:
www.gridcodegenerators.com or email:
applications@cummins.com
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International Grid Code

legislation is changing:
We’re ready. Are you?
Cummins Generator Technologies has taken the lead to support legislative
requirements across the world. Our power generation solutions of tomorrow are
looking beyond Europe and are being designed to meet international Grid Code
compliance requirements.

We continue to use our technology leadership position and resources to develop the
power industry’s most comprehensive range of products, through the internationally
renowned STAMFORD® and AvK® brands.

Visit our new microsite at www.gridcodegenerators.com

www.gridcodegenerators.com
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E3 Academy Electrical
Engineering Internships
Partnership with Institution of Engineering Technology provides student opportunities

With the support of the Institution of Engineering
Technology, the Electrical Energy Engineering or E3
Academy was founded four years ago by Nottingham and
Newcastle Universities and five industrial partners, one of
whom is Cummins Generator Technologies.
As with the other industrial partners, Cummins Generator
Technologies involvement with the Academy is not wholly
altruistic. As well as encouraging and training these
students, we are also looking at graduate recruitment
possibilities following the internships. And to be fair the
students also have an expectation of Cummins Generator
Technoloiges becoming their potential employer.

This year's E3 Academy Students

The guiding principle behind the

Academy is to encourage school
leavers who are considering
university, to choose electrical
engineering as a degree course
and subsequently electrical
engineering as a career.
Industrial partners support
the students in two ways,
practically through an annual
bursary and academically by
providing ongoing coaching
during summer internships.

The Academy also organises and

runs a summer school each year,
where all of the students get to meet
and network with one another. The
three day summer school is staffed by
representatives of the member companies
and universities and it provides the students
with a wide array of activities; from challenging
and competitive team based design projects, to
industrial seminars on topics as varied as finance or lean
manufacturing. There are also personal development, team
building and social activities.
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Industry Experts Join Cummins

Electrical machines specialists appointed to the Cummins Innovation Centre Advisory Council

Cummins has recently announced its plans to expand
the Cummins Innovation Centre at the University of
Nottingham to include world renowned experts Professor
Fred Eastham, Professor Ed Spooner, Professor Tim
Miller and Professor Steve Williamson in the design of
electrical machines. These experts are distinguished
appointees to the centre’s newly formed advisory council,
which also includes Dr. Neil Brown, Director of Advanced
Machines at Cummins, and Dr. Chris Gerada, Innovation
Centre Director. The purpose of the council is to inspire
and guide future advances in electrical machines and
drives. Council members will review projects, deliver
lectures and provide both mentorship and advice to
students and academic staff at the University.
The Cummins Innovation Centre research facility was
established at the University of Nottingham in March
2012 with £2m in initial funding from Nottingham
University, Cummins Generator Technologies and The
Royal Academy of Engineering. A world-renowned centre
of excellence, the Cummins Innovation Centre draws
upon the skills and knowledge of world leading experts
to enable advances in electrical machines and drives
technology leading to product innovation benefiting
customers of Cummins.

Dr. Brown, whose role at Cummins is focused on

development of next generation electrical machines,
said “We see the establishment of the advisory council
as a significant milestone for the Cummins Innovation
Centre. I am personally honored to serve alongside such
a distinguished group of individuals, all of whom have
excelled at the highest level in their field. The University
of Nottingham and The Innovation Centre already hold a
leading position on the global stage for the development Industry experts join Cummmins Innovation Centre
of tomorrow’s electrical machines. The establishment of To read more about the Cummins Innovation Centre and
such an esteemed advisory council further strengthens the Cummins Advisory Council members visit…..
that position.”
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/engineering/research/
Dr. Gerada, who manages the day to day operation of electricalsystemsandoptics/cummins-innovation-centre/
the Cummins Innovation Centre, said: “This is an exciting advisory-board.aspx
development for the electrical machines activities at the
University and will reinforce our world leading research
in this area. I am looking forward to working with this
eminent team of experts who possess a wealth of
academic and industrial experience. The Centre has
seen rapid growth in its first year and the addition of
this advisory council will set the foundation and provide
direction for future expansion and development.”
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Customer in Focus
Generators Operate at -20°C in Russia
Customer: Bentec
Where: Siberia, Russia
Specified: 16 x DSG 86 generators
Purpose: Generate 25MW power for an Onshore
Oil & Gas Stationary Rig
Sixteen AvK DSG 86 generators have been specially
produced to meet the challenging requirements of the
Russian market to operate at a stationary rig where
temperatures reach -20°C. Not only the rig, but the AvK
generators as well as 16 cylinder Cummins engines were
developed down to the finest detail, able to endure the
harsh Siberian climate.
manufacturer of high quality drilling rig systems and
drilling rig components. Their current portfolio exists of
various types of rigs and specific components. Their key
rigs are: Euro rigs, desert rigs, arctic rigs and special rigs.
Each rig has its own unique requirement, mainly based on
local infrastructure and climate conditions.
Bentec has embraced the Oil & Gas industry’s drive into
more challenging territory with the creation of high quality,
cost effective and durable drilling and oilfield systems
targeted at the harshest and most hostile environments.
As a single source supplier of the drilling power modules
and alternators, Cummins offers the customer a
customised and adapted solution to meet the challenging
market requirements.
The AvK generators were all successfully tested before
installation and are now driven by the Cummins power
modules at the stationary rig in Russian Siberia.

This stationary rig, which was produced by Bentec, Bentec was so convinced of the suitability of AvK
weighs around 320 tons and can drill to a depth of up generators for the Oil & Gas sector that they placed
to 5,000 metres. However, being located in Siberia and another order, this time for 4 AvK DIG 130 generators
its arctic – like climate, makes it really challenging for all delivering a total of 6,400 kVA power.
parties involved.
For more information on AvK generators or Cummins Oil
The DSG 86 AvK generators are equipped with & Gas products, please visit:
1,600 kVA of power and rated at 690 V, 50 Hz, 4 poles, www.stamford-avk.com
IP23, have a speed of 1500 rpm and are driven by www.CumminsOilandGas.com
16 cylinder KTA50 Cummins engines. This robust land
based drilling power module provides power to the
stationary rig, including top drive, draw works and
mud pump.

As the Russian market also demands special documents,

the drilling power modules were equipped to meet all
required local certificates, including API and DIN EN.
This provides a clear evidence of compliance. The harsh
operating conditions mean that a standard generating
set would not be suitable for this application and instead
a drilling power module has been specified. The drilling
power module utilises a form wound LV coil system that
incorporates taped coils ensuring that the winding is
both mechanically and electrically robust. This improves
durability when faced with the arduous demands of a drill
rig drive and electrical system. Durability and service life
are further enhanced by the double-bearing arrangement.
Power factor is typically 0.7 – 0.8 for drilling power
modules, instead of 0.8 – 0.9 for standard generating
sets. The integrated dust filters ensure the drilling
power modules perform exceptionally in the challenging
environmental conditions. Bentec is a Germany based
insight
generating

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