Container for a generator set

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12344463-B2
Application number	US-202118023303-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 5, 2021
Priority date	Aug 27, 2020
Publication date	Jul 1, 2025
Grant date	Jul 1, 2025

Abstract

Systems and apparatuses include a container for a generator set. The container includes a housing including a cooling room structured to support a radiator and a radiator fan within the housing, an exhaust room structured to support an aftertreatment system, an engine room structured to contain the engine and the alternator within the housing, an air intake system positioned adjacent the engine room, and a control room structured to support control equipment for the generator set. The exhaust room may further support after treatment components including a muffler and an exhaust pipe.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A container for a generator set comprising:
a housing defined by a first end wall and a second end wall distal from the first end wall;
a cooling room defined within the housing adjacent the first end wall and including a cooling room wall, the cooling room containing:
a cooling system within the housing, the cooling system including a plurality of radiator cores and at least one radiator fan;
wherein the at least one radiator fan comprises at least one of a mechanically driven fan or an electrically driven fan, the mechanically driven fan driven mechanically by the engine such that a speed of the at least one radiator fan corresponds to a speed of the engine, and the electrically driven fan driven by an auxiliary alternator driven by the engine; and
a fuel system including a fuel tank for providing fuel to an engine, the fuel system being arranged below the cooling system;

an engine room separated from an exhaust room by an exhaust room wall and exchanging air with the exhaust room via a ventilation system;
an air intake system positioned adjacent the engine room and including a louver moveable between a retracted position and an extended position, the louver providing an intake airflow path to the engine room, the air intake system further including an air intake system wall; and
a control room separated from the air intake system by the air intake system wall to inhibit heat exchange and air flow between the control room and the air intake system, the control room structured to support control equipment for the generator set.

2. The container of claim 1 , wherein a driveshaft coupled to the at least one radiator fan passes through the cooling room wall.

3. The container of claim 1 , wherein the at least one radiator fan includes a plurality of electrically driven fans arranged adjacent to each other.

4. The container of claim 1 , wherein the cooling room defines the air intake, the air intake structured to receive ambient air pressure and ambient temperature air.

5. The container of claim 1 , wherein an entirety of the engine, the alternator and one or more systems attached to the engine or the alternator are contained within the housing.

6. The container of claim 1 , wherein an entirety of the louver is contained within the housing when arranged in the retracted position.

7. The container of claim 1 , wherein air intake system includes one or more noise mitigation structures.

8. The container of claim 1 , wherein the alternator is a high voltage alternator.

9. The container of claim 1 , wherein the control equipment includes a neutral grounding resistor.

10. The container of claim 1 , wherein the at least one radiator fan consumes between 20 kWe and 30 kWe.

11. The container of claim 1 , wherein an airflow through the engine room is between 8 m 3 /s and 10 m 3 /s.

12. The container of claim 1 , wherein:
the first end wall is about 2.44 meters wide;
the first end wall is about 2.59 meters tall or about 2.9 meters tall; and
the first side wall is about 12.2 meters long.

13. The container of claim 1 , wherein the exhaust room is further configured to support a muffler and exhaust pipe.

14. A container for a generator set comprising:
a cooling room including a cooling room wall, the cooling room containing:
a cooling system including a plurality of radiator cores and at least one radiator fan; and
a fuel system including a fuel tank, the fuel system being arranged below the cooling system;

an exhaust room separated from the cooling room by the cooling room wall, the exhaust room including an exhaust room wall and structured to support an aftertreatment system;
an engine room separated from the exhaust room by the exhaust room wall, the engine room including an air intake system wall and structured to support the generator set and an air intake system providing an intake airflow path from the air intake system, through the engine room, the exhaust room, and the cooling room sequentially;
a control room separated from the engine room by the air intake system wall, the control room structured to support control equipment for the generator set; and
wherein the at least one radiator fan comprises at least one of a mechanically driven fan or an electrically driven fan, the mechanically driven fan driven mechanically by the engine such that a speed of the at least one radiator fan corresponds to a speed of the engine, and the electrically driven fan driven by an auxiliary alternator driven by the engine.

15. The container of claim 14 , wherein the air intake system includes a louver moveable between a retracted position and an extended position.

16. The container of claim 1 , wherein the engine room includes a generator set skid coupled to the floor and structured to support the generator set.

17. The container of claim 6 , further comprising a locking mechanism configured to maintain the louver when arranged in the retracted position.

Assignees

• Cummins Power Generation Inc

Inventors

• Yan Dongsheng
• Zhao Dexiu
• Wang Lei
• Jiang Xinjun
• Lu Yongxing
• Gao Beihai

Classifications

• F02B63/048

  Portable engine-generator combinations · CPC title

• B65D88/121

  ISO containers · CPC title

• F16M1/00

  Frames or casings of engines, machines or apparatus; Frames serving as machinery beds · CPC title

• F02D29/06 Primary

  peculiar to engines driving electric generators · CPC title

• F02B63/044

  the engine-generator unit being placed on a frame or in an housing · CPC title