Using our experienced design engineers, we assisted in writing the load profile to demonstrate the tests were rigorous enough, giving the customer the confidence that the turbines could operate under full load conditions once commissioned.
The units are modular in design, allowing for easier shipping and installation, which helped us to meet the tightest of deadlines.
Our expert technicians were on site within two weeks and the 16 MVA @ 11 kV loadbank package was commissioned within four days. We also fulfilled a request to provide all ancillaries and cabling for the project, delivered from Aggreko’s regional logistics hub.
Working from a central control system, we can pre-determine and programme the load steps before the actual test, this can help minimise operator interface and associated risk, also ensuring the test is consistent and repeatable.
Due to the criticality of maintaining the load for excessive periods of time, and in such high ambient temperatures, we added spare capacity into the loadbank package to minimise any downtime due to over-heating.
Some parts of the testing, especially at lower loads, required the finest of adjustments, and with our adaptive software, we could perform those minute changes, down to 1 kVA increments in resistive and reactive loads.
We used the resulting data to enhance our service and adapt to the changes we are presented with, making each solution more optimised.
During testing we can capture and trend the information, allowing us to produce an accurate report demonstrating the outcome of the heat runs, and the transient responses after applying and removing load.