Generators for Education

Generators for Education
Generators for Education

Building Generators for Schools, Universities & Education

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DIGITAL CURRICULUM NEEDS NONSTOP POWER

Cat® generator sets provide backup power for Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine at Virginia Tech. Continuous, uninterrupted power is a critical element that supports virtually everything that takes place on campus.

Power for learning.

You’re trusted to power the places people study and to do it cost-effectively. Select a distributed generation system to provide power to a school, college, or university on a permanent or temporary basis or design a standby power plant. We even offer exhaust emissions for highly regulated emission environments and utility grade Cat paralleling switchgear so you can sell excess electricity to your local grid. Run uninterrupted power and reduce operating expenses with a Cat combined heat and power (CHP) system to simultaneously provide electricity for electrical loads and recover heat to warm facilities.

Our generators for educational facilities offer world-class fuel efficiency and low life-cycle costs. Caterpillar provides generators for schools to meet your demands and to help you cut costs with cogeneration technology. We’re here to keep power production efficient so you can focus on your institution.

 

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Brock University
Brock University

COGEN EDUCATIONAL FACITLITY GENERATORS REDUCE COSTS

Many schools, colleges, and universities reduce their operating costs by implementing combined heat and power (CHP) systems (also known as cogeneration). Cat gas generator sets can provide power for electrical loads and heat energy for a facility's thermal requirements. Benefits from CHP projects include:
- Energy efficiency up to 90 percent
- Reduced emissions and energy costs versus separate heat
  and electrical generation systems
- Leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED)
  certification via energy efficiency credits
- Financial benefits via distributed generation (DG),
  where electricity is simply produced locally or via a
  natural gas fueled emergency standby power plant.

Especially when any of the following apply:
- The local electric grid is unreliable
- Natural gas is an inexpensive alternative to grid electricity
- Generator sets can be applied during peak times of day to
  avoid high electrical utility demand charges. This is known
  as peak shaving.

Upper Chesapeake Medical Center
Upper Chesapeake Medical Center

CHP POWER SYSTEMS

Caterpillar provides customized CHP system packages, including the required mechanical equipment and controls to capture and transfer the engine thermal energy to your facility. Caterpillar also offers:
- Natural gas fuel pressure regulation and safeties
- Exhaust emissions aftertreatment for highly regulated
  emission environments
- Utility grade paralleling switchgear to run multiple generator
  sets together or to export energy to the local electric grid
- The total energy cost savings of such CHP systems can more
  than offset the total owning and operating costs, delivering
  a payback.

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How CHP Works
How CHP Works

NATURAL GAS STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS

There has been an increasing move toward natural gas fueled standby power systems in recent years. Typically installed with an automatic transfer switch (ATS) or paralleling switchgear control for multiple generators, these generator sets sense when a utility outage occurs and automatically starts the backup power generator system transferring power to the emergency source. When the normal grid power returns, the control system automatically switches back and shuts down the emergency generator. 

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standby

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  • 3512B (60 Hz)
    Standby Rating
    1500/1400 ekW
    1500/1400 ekW
    Prime Power Rating
    1360/1275 ekW
    1360/1275 ekW
    Emissions/Fuel Strategy
    Low Fuel, Low Emissions
    Low Fuel, Low Emissions

    3512B (60 Hz)

    Producing reliable power from 1230 to 1500 ekW at 60 Hz, our 3512B diesel generator sets are made to meet your mission critical, continuous, standby and prime applications. We've designed each to ISO 8528-5 transient response requirements and to accept 100% rated load in one step. Generator sets offer both low fuel consumption and low emission systems.

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  • G3412
    Continuous Rating
    423 ekW @0.8pf
    423 ekW @0.8pf
    Fuel Type
    Natural Gas, Biogas, Field Gas, Propane
    Natural Gas, Biogas, Field Gas, Propane
    Maximum Electrical Efficiency
    37.30%
    37.30%

    G3412

    Using natural gas for combined heat and power (CHP) systems and emergency power for facilities, to renewable biogas energy to support the local grid, or electricity generated from coal mine gases, Caterpillar has a wide range of reliable gas power solutions.

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  • G3516H
    Continuous Rating
    2027 / 2007 ekW @ 1.0pf
    2027 / 2007 ekW @ 1.0pf
    Fuel Type
    Natural Gas, Hydrogen Blend (up to 25%)
    Natural Gas, Hydrogen Blend (up to 25%)
    Maximum Electrical Efficiency
    45.30%
    45.30%

    G3516H

    From natural gas to biogas, coal mine gases, or hydrogen fuel blends to support combined heat and power (CHP), emergency power, and local grid support applications, Caterpillar has a wide range of reliable gas power solutions.

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  • XQ425 Tier 4 Final
    Rating Prime
    340 ekW (425 kVA)
    340 ekW (425 kVA)
    Frequency
    50/60 Hz
    50/60 Hz
    Voltage
    120 - 600 V
    120 - 600 V

    XQ425 Tier 4 Final

    The Cat® XQ425 provides world class performance and enhanced usability. This model is powered by the fuel-efficient Cat C13 Tier 4 Final engine compliant equipped with the Cat NOx Reduction System. Equipped with the new EMCP 4.4 control panel, the XQ425 features a user-friendly interface and automatic generator set paralleling. A principle advantage of the control system offers simpler and faster voltage changes. Providing greater flexibility when moving between multiple job sites with differing frequency and voltage needs, the auto-configuration capability eliminates the time required when reprogramming units and potential errors. Additional features include lower noise levels and improved part load fuel consumption.

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Caterpillar offers standard and customized power solutions for all your applications, where you need it, whenever you need it.

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