[RE-wrenches] grid tie sync with big stiff genny?

[Kurt Albershardt]

On 3/13/09 9:34 AM, Mark Edmunds wrote:
>
> We did a test installation in northern British Columbia with 28kW of 
> PV and GT5 inverters selling to a 90kW Genny system in a remote 
> off-grid community. So far we have just stuck to the normal 1741 
> islanding settings, and the system has been working smoothly. The PV 
> was basically sized so that it would not exceed the lowest mid-day 
> load on the small grid, and there was already an automatic dump load 
> in the system to ensure the diesels never became completely unloaded.
>
> So far the system has been working very well, with good fuel saving 
> for the community. You can read more about it here.
>
> http://nemiahpower.blogspot.com/
>

Looks like a fun project.  I like the separation of cricical, 
commercial, and residential loads (especially the UK style pay-as-you-go 
metering on the residences.)  I know those air-cooled Deutzes are hard 
to kill, but this looks like a perfect application for water-cooled 
machines feeding a district heat loop.




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