the world of aj power

12 Pages·2014·4.3 MB·English

ISSUE 13 SUMMER 2014
THE WORLD OF AJ POWER
DiEsEL gEnERATing sETs WORLDWiDE
FOREWORD
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WELCOME...
GhANA
Welcome to the Summer
2014 edition of
‘InSight’, the company
magazine of AJ Power Limited.
Inside you will find what has
2 x AJ10 CANOPIED GENSETS ARE DONATED TO ENGINEERING
been happening in the world
INSTITUTIONS IN GhANA, IN COLLABORATION WITh G&J
of AJ Power over the last few
TEChNICAL SERvICES.
months.
We have recently partnered
If you would like to feature
with our distributor in
in our magazine or have any Ghana, G&J Technical
photographs you would like to Services, and donated 2 nos.
contribute, please contact me. AJ10 canopied generating sets to
engineering institutions in Ghana.
The first set was donated to the
Christina ePnoglyinteecehrinnigc .d Depr aPretmteer nCt aolvf eArct,c AraJ
Power Administration Director was
in attendance.
The second AJ10 was donated
to the College of Engineering at
the Kwame Nkrumah University of
Science and Technology (KNUST).
The university is located in Kumasi,
a city over 200 miles from Accra.
It is the main engineering university
Editor Christina stewart
in Ghana with over 5,000 students
studying various engineering
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+ 1 Charlestown Drive, In his address at the official
ceremony at KNUST, Godfrey
Craigavon, BT63 5GA,
Asiedu, Managing Director of
Northern Ireland,
G&J Technical Services explained
United Kingdom that most of his employees had
graduated from these institutions.
It was the ‘right thing to do as a
The opinions expressed in InSight are not company’ to put something back.
necessarily those of the editor or AJ Power Ltd.
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2 x AJ10 DONATED TO GhANA
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GhANA
Left to right: Peter Calvert, Mary Asiedu, John Morrow and
Godfrey Asiedu
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‘Distributed Generation:
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Donation of 10kVA generating set by
G&J Technical Services
AJ Power Limited
Jacqueline Opoku James Aidoo (left) from G&J pictured
The donation will enhance the G&J Technical with Peter Calvert from AJ Power at
Services. Dam on the volta river
quality of training for the students.
They will be able to gain first-
plants to improve the performance herself is a graduate of KNUST.
hand knowledge on the various
of traditional equipment in
components of a generating set
both standby and prime power After a busy couple of days,
and how the electric power is
applications. he also described James Aidoo, Director Sales and
produced, controlled and utilised.
how modern communications Marketing with G&J kindly took
and synchrophasor technology Peter and John to see the volta
Dr John Morrow, Professor of
can be employed to provide novel River Authority hydroelectrical
Electrical Engineering at Queen’s
and robust methods of mains- power plant. The dam at
University Belfast accompanied Dr
failure detection and how the Akosombo created Lake volta
Calvert. his visit was generously
synchronous island operation of which is the largest reservoir by
sponsored by G&J Technical
embedded generation can be surface area in the world.
Services and he delivered lectures
achieved.
entitled“Distributed Generation:
Before returning to the United
Past, Present and Future” at both
Special thanks must also go to Kingdom, Peter and John also took
institutions. In this presentation
Jacqueline Opoku from G&J the opportunity to visit the G&J
he described his work on control
Technical Services who helped office, workshop and warehouse
systems for diesel generating
organise this venture. Jacqueline facilities in Accra and Kumasi.
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QATAR
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QATAR
PROJECT QATAR
hamed Mahood and Joe Bradley pictured with the AJ Power stand at the Project Qatar exhibition.
P
roject Qatar, the and exhibitors with a superior
11th International experience.
Construction, Technology
and Building Materials Construction and infrastructure
Exhibition took place in May. projects are at the forefront
of the Qatar governments’
This year, for the first time the priorities for the future which
exhibition was organised at was showcased by the
the Qatar National Convention exhibition. In the last five years
Centre. It’s considerable size the number of exhibitors has
and state-of-the-art facilities doubled and this year had a
are comparable with the leading record attendance of nearly
exhibition / convention centres 49,000.
of the world and provide visitors
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QATAR / 3 SERIES
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QATAR
PROJECT QATAR
AJ Power displayed two sound attenuated canopied units. A 3 Series AJ22 and a 5 Series AJ66, both
powered by Perkins engines. The exhibition proved very successful in promoting the products of
AJ Power to consultant engineers and end users.
PRICE COMPETITIvENESS IMPROvEMENTS
AJ33 - AJ66
In the last edition of
‘InSight’ we brought you
news on the extension to
the 3 Series fuel optimised
range.
This extension sees the
introduction of 33 - 66kVA
models.
Order books are now
open for these new
models.
Brand new 3 Series AJ33 - AJ66 canopy
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ExhIBITION
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RUSSIA
CTT ExhIBITION 2014
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Two of AJ Power On display were three canopied
CTT 2014 -
representatives Andy generating sets - a Perkins
Mackey and Gaukhar powered AJ22, AJ220 with
the largest
Thompson attended the CTT AGCO Power engine and
construction exhibition held in Moscow with Scania powered AJ550 with
the main aim of promoting the added additional features
trade fair AJ Power brand in Russia. such as single point lift, lube
oil drain pump, low fuel level
in Eastern AJ Power had an indoor stand alarm, lube oil drain pump,
and despite having not the battery isolator switch. In
Europe - largest one at the show, it was addition, AJ Power exhibited
one of the most impressive an ATS2-40 and InSight3200
stands that attracted the demonstration panel that
attention of many people. The were fully operational. This
3 - 7 June main reason according to some allowed all interested parties
comments being made was the to familiarise and get to know
2014
visual quality of the generating first-hand the functionality and
sets that could not have been the user friendly controls.
ignored or unnoticed.
All datasheets, brochures and
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ExhIBITION
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manuals were provided in 1. AJ Power Sales Manager, Andy
Russia...
Russian and the InSight4000 Mackey, on the AJ Power stand.
2. The AJ Power stand complete with
control system on the AGCO
AJ22, AJ220, AJ550 models.
Powered AJ220 was also set up 3. Gaukhar Thompson, AJ Power
• Russian Federation is
in Russian language. Interpreter / Translator / Sales Assistant
the largest country in along with Julia Tsybysheva, freelance
the world – interpreter
The CTT’ 2014 exhibition was
17, 125, 187 km2
held in Moscow from 3-7 July,
2014. 1003 companies from
• Russia shares borders
35 countries participated at
with 18 countries and
the show. Over 36 833 people
spans nine time zones.
visited the show during the
exhibition days.
• The capital of Russian
Federation is Moscow.
The participation of AJ Power
at the show certainly proved
• Moscow is the largest
to be the right step forward for
city in Europe with
the company and AJ Power
the population over
generating sets undoubtedly
12,108,257.
generated interest in Russia.
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COMMISSIONING - VIETNAM
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GOOD MORNING vIETNAM
FOR STEPhEN
Stephen McGrath, after- Stephen was really impressed parameters for the building
sales support technician as soon as he entered management system were
for AJ Power has the generator room. The programmed.
recently travelled to vietnam to workmanship, attention to detail
commission two automatically and legislative compliance Once all work was completed
synchronised sets and provide were equal to or better than Stephen was kindly taken to
training to our distributor in “western” standards. halong Bay for a boat trip.
hanoi. This is a world heritage site
After a general inspection of the and one of the seven wonders
This was one of the bigger generating sets and motorised of the world. It was a great
installations in the Far East. 2 breaker cabinet Stephen gave opportunity for Stephen to visit
no. AJ1375 Perkins powered some AvR and alternator some of the scenic views of
generating sets are installed in trouble-shooting advice. The vietnam before his return to the
a large shopping precinct in the customer and site maintenance AJ Power factory.
city of Halong. The 2 x AJ1375 staff were also present for user
are set up for autosynchronising training and weekly check The popular Tv show,
with InSight6000 control panels instructions. A full operation have also recently filmed a
fitted. and demonstration was carried vietnam Special in halong Bay.
out and some generator
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1. Stephen arrived at hanoi airport and was treated to traditional vietnamese breakfast. 2. Genset training was given to the
customer. 3. Stephen pictured with our distributor in vietnam and customer. 4. Stephen at halong Bay.
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AJ3125 FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS / DUBAI OFFICE
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
IN IRELAND
The AJ Power
engineering team have
just completed the
commissioning of a 2.5MW
generating set for a major
telecommunications provider
in Ireland.
The 9 Series DC3-AJ3125S-
5M1 is powered by a MTU 20
cylinder 4000 Series engine
and is designed to operate
in synchronisation with the
mains utility as well as provide
standby power. The unit
has a noise level of 65dBA
at one metre (41dBA at site
boundary).
AJ Power was responsible for
all facets of the project, from
design, to utility paralleling.
AJ POWER
DUBAI
AJ POWER hAS OPENED ITS FIRST OvERSEAS OFFICE
IN DUBAI.
AJ Power Ltd (DMCC The branch office,
Branch) will work to on the 33rd floor of
support and develop it’s a new tower block
distribution network across in Jumeriah Lake
the Middle East. Towers is headed up
by Ian McClay.
The region has a huge
demand for power generation Ian, a graduate
with massive construction engineer, has worked
in countries such as Qatar, in the generator
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. industry for over 22
Most generators are prime years and has been
power with day time based in Dubai for the
temperatures in summer last 4 years.
reaching 50 degrees.
Ian McClay heads up AJ Power Dubai office.
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SERvICING: BLUE SMOKE
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ThIS EDITION OUR AFTER SALES MANAGER
GARTh JACKSON GIvES US SOME vALUABLE
INFORMATION ON BLUE SMOKE
BLUE
DOES SMOKE
RED
MAKE yOU SEE ?
hAvE yOU EvER WONDERED WhAT MAKES AN ENGINE SMOKE BLUE?
WhAT COMPONENTS ARE ThE KEy CAUSES?
WhAT CAN yOU DO TO REDUCE yOUR RISK OF BLUE SMOKE?
Blue smoke is seen in to gumming without proper seals are an open invitation
the exhaust gases as maintenance, this causes a for oil to seep into the
burnt lubricating oil loss of combustion pressure turbocharger. Remember
and can originate in several and power. In the generator engine maintenance is
areas within the engine and application, prolonged under important. Using the correct
usually means trouble. loading the engine (below oil is crucial to overall
35% of rating) will eventually performance, don’t skip
The first area where blue result in glazing of the scheduled service, use
smoke may appear is from cylinder bores (wet-stacking), genuine manufacturers parts
within the cylinder head, unburnt fuel in the exhaust to keep your engine at its
worn valves or worn valve system and coking up of the best. Use the manufacturers
guide seals may be causing cylinder head/valves/ports. distributor network for all
excess oil to seep into the If acted upon early this can your maintenance and repair
intake stroke of the engine. be reversed with a load test needs so blue doesn’t make
valve guide seals can break around full rating for a few you see red!
down due to irregular oil and/ hours.
or filter changes. It is also
advisable to replace valve If your engine is still If you have any questions on
springs, collets and seats, producing blue smoke there this or other issues, please
or the problem might be is one more potential culprit contact Garth:
in the cylinder block, wear - gummed up or worn [email protected]
on pistons and piston rings
can result in blue smoke
at all speeds, loads and
temperatures. See a short animation on
the subject here - https://
Considering on average www.youtube.com/
that pistons travel 34 kmph watch?feature=player_
embedded&v=KQ9y6MbG20s
and change direction up to
26,400 times an hour, the
piston rings are susceptible
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