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IRN JANUARY 2014
POWER
Newburn grows
with Bruno sets
UK rental company Newburn Power Rental
has bought two 1250 kVA Bruno Whisper Box
generators as part of a major capital investment
programme.
Yorkshire-based Newburn has grown
dramatically since it was created in January 2012
when Progress Group purchased TM Newburn
Group and combined the rental activities of the
two companies.
Since then, the fleet has increased from 250 to
over 600 gensets and the number of employees
has doubled. The company rents sets in the 12 kVA
to 1250 kVA sizes from seven depots in the UK.
The Whisper Box generators are in ISO 150
containers and have typical noise levels of 75 dB
@ 1 m, which makes them ideal as standby
generators at hospitals, public buildings and other
areas where strict sound limitations are in place.
Newburn’s first Whisper Box generator has been
mounted on a 45 ft (15 m) trailer, which is also
equipped with cabling and a 3000 l bunded fuel
tank.
Newburn hire director Kerry Moggridge, says;
“This latest investment by the business is part of
our 2014 investment programme which includes
further substantial capital purchases and the
move by Newburn Power Rental into some
additional markets”.
standard range. As far as heavy fuel oil (HFO)
sets – of the type now being developed by
Aggreko – he says Cummins will keep an eye
on how demand evolves. “We see more interest
in natural gas – using gas from shale gas fields,
mainly in North America.” He says Cummins
has gas engines, but they need to be modified
before migrating to the rental market; “We’re
looking to work on it this coming year [2014].”
Larger sets?
Meanwhile, Cummins is also working on its
mega-genset range. It already has the 1250
kVA KTA50, using a 50 l engine, and in the
first quarter of this year will have a 1000 kVA version
called the KTA38, with a 38 l engine.
In the US, where Tier 4 Final generator sets are
now required for engine sizes from 130 to 560 kW,
Cummins has rolled out its first Tier 4 Final sets from
150 kW to 275 kW.
Himoinsa’s US
business, Hipower
Power Systems,
has meanwhile
chosen John Deere as engine
supplier for its Tier 4 Final generators. The first sets,
with 237 – 345 kW standby ratings, will use Deere’s
PowerTech PSS 9.0L engine, featuring cooled exhaust
gas recirculation, and aftertreatment technology
with exhaust filter and selective catalytic reduction.
Hipower has also launched a gas powered range
of generators for the US, partly in response to the
high-cost of the new diesel sets and because of the
increased availability of gas fields in the US, which
“is leading oil companies to demand generators that
can run on the gas extracted, a development that is
reducing energy consumption costs and drastically
curbing pollutant emissions.” The HRNG 430 genset
provides both prime and standby power up to 400 kW.
Predictable power
Atlas Copco continues to push its theme of
‘predictable power’, emphasising the reliability and
consistency of its products, and has been developing
its products for several different markets.
One initiative is the development of new versions
of its 1 MW QAC genset first introduced in Europe
three years ago. There are now three variants of
the new QAC flx, including a 60 Hz QAC 1200 flx for
North America, which has been designed for rental
applications. This is a lower spec variant which
customers can add features to if they want.
Designed to be customised to suit a wide variety of
situations such as high altitudes or extreme weather
conditions, the sets are ideal for prime power or
critical standby power in the rental, mining, oil and
gas, industrial and construction industries.
The other two variants are the QAC 1000 flx for
Europe and the QAC 1250 flx for the international
market (excluding Japan). The new models have been
engineered for 500 hour service intervals, and all
three come in 20 ft containers for ease of transport.
In terms of Tier 4 Final sets for North America, Julio
Tome, product marketing manager generators for
Atlas Copco Portable Energy, tells
IRN
that suppliers
still have a degree of flexibility with the transition to
the next engine emission stage and that Atlas Copco
has not yet disclosed which engines it is going to use,
although it will focus on a non-DPF (diesel particulate
filter) solution.
Also important are new 365 kVA and 550
kVA sets for the Brazilian market, using Scania
engines, both of which are less than 1.2 m wide.
Mr Tome says it is the first time there have been
500 kVA units that can be loaded side by side
on a truck.
The company now has a set of rental
generators from 25 to 550 kVA for Brazil,
and reports that Brazilian rental company A
Geradora recently ordered 105 Atlas Copco QAS
generators, comprising 50 QAS 55Pd 220V, 50
QAS 105Pd 220V and 5 QAS 140Pd units.
In Europe, meanwhile, Atlas
Copco is introducing a new
version of the QAS 60 with a
dramatically reduced canopy
size, says Mr Tome.
Also adding to its genset
range is Doosan Portable
Power, which now has a
range of sets in the 25 to 625
kVA sizes designed for North
America , South America, Asia
Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
The latest sets include two new models for Europe,
meeting EU Stage IIIA engine regulations, and are the
80 kVA G80-IIIA and the 100 kVA G100-IIIA. These share
similar designs and characteristics to the larger G150-
IIIA and G200-IIIA models launched in 2012.
Doosan says of particular interest to the rental
market will be the use of an innovative fuel tank
frame that offers a containment base integrated
as standard in the frame to ensure 110% fluid
containment capacity. The generators have a
standard fuel capacity offering a minimum of 12 hours
of autonomous operation (at 75% of the load).
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Atlas Copco’s new,
more compact QAS
60 for Europe, above,
alongside the QAC
1200 unit.
Doosan Portable Power’s new 100 kVA G100 unit, which is
launched alongside a new 80 kVA set, both designed for Europe.
Chicago Pneumatic has now launched its CPDG generator range
in Latin America, adding to their existing availability in Africa,
the Middle East, all of Asia (including Russia and China) and
