Caterpillar 2 MW Load Bank Test Highlights

[@wipatriot510]

Other than briefly rolling some coal, that big diesel didn't even flinch when the load hit...

[@glennjohnso310]

@@wipatriot510 Cat makes a huge V20 which I believe is a 10 MW diesel that are in a lot of Pacific Railroad engines. Cat’s are expensive but they have durability.

[@farmguy2400]

​@@glennjohnso310 The C175-20 has a maximum output power of ~5400 hp in marine or military applications, and up to 4800 hp in industrial applications or power generation (up to 4mW/4000kW).

[@glennjohnso310]

@ I’m getting too old to remember all of the specs. I worked for a large construction company that had their own stone quarry where I spent 21/2 years working on monster Cat equipment. 40 years was enough.

[@GeneratorSource]

Yes, this load bank test is the second run after we bought this unit from a customer. We give them a 31-point inspection, repair anything that needs attention and load bank it to guarantee performance before resale. We are just outside of Denver so cold mornings require a lot of block heating and warm up.

[@vernacular1483]

That beast moves an amazing amount of air

[@jamesdailey2476]

When I ran the dyno at cat 🐱. I couldn’t even run at full power bc it moved to much air and egt temperature would get high. Did a lot of 3516 an 3512s

[@leeharris3061]

Absolutely beautiful piece of equipment..love the sound quality of this video 👍🏻🍺

[@nobodycares4756]

That turbo spinning down on this one sounds exactly like a darn jet turbine at shutdown. Music to my ears! Also that coal at the 1st load, literally a cloud of coal.

[@GeneratorSource]

Right on

[@frankish5314]

We had one of those at work.. 2MW Cat Egen.. Nice piece of equipment.

[@GeneratorSource]

Yep they are workhorses!

[@emd6456]

A beast.

[@Sparisland]

Nice!

[@Akcd11r2002]

0:15 - "...GIVE IT TO ME!!!!!! F@#&ING GIVE IT TO ME!!!!!!!! AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!111"

[@KyleMorpheus]

Beauty

[@GavinY]

Pretty sure the exhaust is good enough to recapture heat for district heating

[@picax8398]

Could very well be

[@nobodycares4756]

At that power you surely can heat a couple homes without issues.

[@JohnThomas-lq5qp]

At the large hospital /resersch centers that I retired from most of the 16 gen sets were bullet proof tuff 16 vylinder 2,000 KW diesels. Think monthly load bank only had to be 30% of rated capacity and the yearly gour hour load bank test were much higher.

[@hoofhearted3567]

It’s quite common for four CAT 3516B engine / gensets to be installed in offshore vessels. Propulsion is by 2 x electric motors driving twin screws. My last, (Norwegian built vessel had urea injection to all four exhaust systems I.e ‘Adblue’. 👍🛠⚓️😁

[@high1voltage1rules]

what a beast!! such beauty!! the sound is impressive...soon these will be phased out to battery back=up!! so sad! love diesel engines!! 👍👍👍👍👍THUMBS UP👍👍👍👍👍

[@somadrummond6256]

Trust me, the sound gets old fast. I test cell the larger generators

[@ericwilson5453]

Highly doubtful. Batteries cannot sustain a load like that.

[@Mr_Smarty_Pants]

riiiight 😆😆

[@gnarlock3927]

Does this engine drive come in a welder configuration? For my arc furnace

[@donnellykieranj]

Great video. Out of interest what is the weight of that unit?

[@glennjohnso310]

Probably around 36thousand pounds without the generator.

[@GeneratorSource]

285 x 94 x 117 and weighing in at 45000 lbs. All details are here www.generatorsource.com/Used-Generators/Caterpillar-2000-091774.aspx.

[@ginog5037]

Cats rule!

[@dcviper985]

We’ve got 3516s at work that don’t blow black smoke like that… are you using the installed coolant heater?

[@farmguy2400]

What would that do if it was warm?

[@dcviper985]

@farmguy2400 more complete combustion

[@magikben]

I was onsite to watch a load test on a 1MW Cummins genset and no black smoke at all. Engine barely registered a change when the load was dropped on it.

[@dontwanta]

I want that in my Kenworth!!!

[@farmguy2400]

No, you don't.

[@glennjohnso310]

Hope you own an oil well. That engine will burn approximately 600 gallons of fuel a day.

[@BeingMe23]

You can put a V12 in a long nose KW W900.

[@blaydCA]

​@@glennjohnso310 Under no load..😂

[@glennjohnso310]

A Cat 3412 I have seen a couple of older KWs with 3412

[@joshhalderman2917]

Make a compilation video of big cats powering up, my favorite part

[@user-cnswr]

Yes..3516. I use to O/H at dealer on Thailand.

[@markloubser2433]

Pretty mild power spec. Nothing glowing or manifolds smoking.....

[@paigebevier5124]

I need this to power my 1200 square ft home😊

[@MrEndzo]

This is so small, I worked on a railroad machine that could generate 3.5 MW using 3 huge engine and a smaller one.

[@glennjohnso310]

No locomotive engine but it’s not trying to move 3 million pounds of weight either. That is a Cat 3516 engine which takes up most of a 53 foot trailer.

[@MrEndzo]

​@@glennjohnso310 The engines were the same size, but the one on the video makes 2MW while the generator on the machines was 3.5 generator for 3.5 MW. I'm saying it's small for the power it generate.

[@GeneratorSource]

That’s a big unit! Yeah of course this is for standby power, not prime. The largest we've seen recently is a 4.2 MW NG we have listed for sale.

[@adyatamagenset6012]

Im subscribe u video ..

[@patreilly1458]

They sound great until they eat a Turbo. Then you have a big expense and a whole bunch of parts all over the place. There is also a bunch of Cat guys moping around complaining about the warranty costs. It happened about 12 hours into a 24 hour full load acceptance run. 1 month later we did that acceptance run all over again when it was back together.

[@evancole4081]

Meanwhile the owners poking it with a stick like come on do something

[@davidm2645]

Sh!!t happens. It's a machine - all machines fail at some point in their lives.

[@brianneu6489]

Is there cribbing under the radiator? Crazy amount of weight hanging off the end if not.

[@GeneratorSource]

Yes, I believe 8 blocks total for testing/storage until it is sold and shipped.

[@bijujoseparacka6262]

seems the foundation supports are not enough for this massive piece

[@joeblough4605]

Oh please, make a video of paint drying, so exciting.

[@geobergh]

Nice engine. Injection misajusted. Max fuel at full throttle is way too high, That black smoke is not supposed to be...

[@JesseForrett]

I mean, I feel like there's going to be a little smoke at the start up. The fuel.has to be exhausted some way. So at that high of throttle, that quick, it's going to Roll a little coal. I feel.

[@davidstewart4570]

Music.

[@ectolle54]

I used to build those 3600s. I worked at caterpillar large engine assembly where they assemble them. 11 inch bore piston and rod weigh 350 lbs. They are bad machines.

[@marktucker208]

That’s basically a train isn’t it?

[@GeneratorSource]

Very similar. Last one we had like this went with a twin to run standby for a resort in Puerto Rico-- others to a hospital recently.

[@marktucker208]

@@GeneratorSource Its very cool, love big engines like this. The engineering is fascinating.

[@nspro931]

They cheated, the load was applied in two steps. First step at 0:15 and second step at 0:18

[@crandonborth]

You probably can’t load it that hard initially 🤷‍♂️

[@nspro931]

@@crandonborth Most generator specs include "accepts full load in one step"

[@GeneratorSource]

Yeah not a good idea to add a huge load at once-- we always step it up and eventually get it to 80% for a load bank test here at altitude.

[@nspro931]

@@GeneratorSource Why is it not a good idea? It is specified most generator contracts that the generator be able to accept full load in one step. You need to demonstrate a worst case scenario for your buyer.

[@AnneStevenson-w3t]

Bots in the comments 😅

[@minibikemadman]

thats a supercharged one right. so bad ass.

[@glennjohnso310]

Turbo charged.

[@후라이-t6d]

매연 ㅡㅡ