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Vol. 2, No. 8 Global Web Sites
In Other News New 800 kW Rental Power unit from Cummins Power Generation offers better fuel efficiency and a smaller footprint. click here. NEW SUBSCRIBERS If one of our current subscribers forwarded this e–newsletter to you, please click here to subscribe. |
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Welcome to the Power Topics e–Newsletter Cummins Power Generation is the world’s only provider of pre–integrated PowerCommand® commercial power systems — from standby/emergency systems to multi–megawatt utility peaking facilities to sophisticated cogeneration applications. Each issue of the Power Topics e–Newsletter will feature updates on our latest products, whitepapers and power solutions. Power topic #7016-3: Transfer switch set up for reliability and efficiency, part 3: ATS settings for best operation By Gary Olson, Director, Power Systems Development 
Many facilities that have generator sets (gensets) also have automatic transfer switch equipment (ATS) to automatically start the generator set on a power failure and automatically switch the load from the utility to the generator set and back again. To obtain the most reliable and efficient system operation, it’s important to have the ATS properly set up so that it can sense power failure and operate in the best sequence for the system that is installed and the equipment it supports. PT-7016 part three looks at ATS setting best practices and features available on the equipment. Case History: Hydro Sherbrooke — Canada Cummins Power Generation Inc. helps Quebec’s Hydro Sherbrooke revitalize the utility’s peak–shaving program for its customers with a closed–transition transfer switch that automates power transfers without manual intervention or disruptions. Digital controls — PowerCommand® digital control technology 
Unlike other manufacturers, Cummins Power Generation designs power system controls as a single self–monitoring system, not as components in a larger system. PowerCommand controls simultaneously can operate the engine fuel system, directly control the alternator excitation system and monitor up to 150 other nodes. The interaction of the controls on a generator set and the proper matching of control capabilities require a smart, systems approach to control design. Our experience in the design, production and application of engines and alternators provides an unmatched level of expertise in the proper design of power system control electronics. To learn more about our PowerCommand® digital control technology, please click here. New Power Suite software update to be released early September, 2008 If you are a user or our Power Suite software, please look for a software update to be released in early September. Keeping up with Power Suite software updates ensures that your GenSize data is current by adding new and deleting obsolete models. To check for the latest updates, please check the Power Suite Web Center page located at: Click here for the Power Suite Web Center page... |
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