According to the team at Redstar Equipment , the efficient functioning of industrial diesel engines is dependent on four things - quality fuel, quality air, appropriate load and regular servicing.
Fuel Quality
In order to ensure the quality of fuel used in your industrial diesel engines is high, install an appropriately sized fuel filter and water separator into the engines fuel system.
This is incredibly important as particulate and water contamination and biological growth will render diesel engines unserviceable and lead to failure of the industrial diesel engines.
Furthermore, the additional costs associated with removing contaminated fuel, cleaning the fuel storage tank and fuel lines, repairing inject and injector pump damage and replacing the fuel are rather hefty.
Air Quality
Air quality plays an important role in determining the operating life of industrial diesel engines. The better the air quality, the longer the industrial diesel engines will function efficiently for.
Air filters must therefore be checked on a daily basis when used, and replaced as required by site conditions.
Appropriate Load
Overloading industrial diesel engines can cause exhaust temperatures to increase, which often leads to overheating.
Overloading can also lead to under voltage and under frequency conditions on the power output which can cause damage to electrical and electronic equipment connected to the generator.
Under-loading industrial diesel engines can also create issues, as grazing of the cylinder bores will occur.
This will stop the cylinder rings from sealing properly and will allow ‘blowby’ to occur, which occurs when excess gases produced during the combustion process are forced from the top of the piston and into the sump.
This can cause damage to the oil as it becomes diluted with by-products such as fuel, ash and carbon, and diminishes its ability to lubricate the industrial diesel engines.
In extreme cases oil/fuel mixture can become flammable and a crankcase explosion may occur.
Regular servicing
Redstar Equipment stresses that in order to maximise the operating life of your industrial diesel engines regular servicing must occur.
The company offers the following repair and maintenance services for industrial diesel engines:
Fuel Quality
In order to ensure the quality of fuel used in your industrial diesel engines is high, install an appropriately sized fuel filter and water separator into the engines fuel system.
This is incredibly important as particulate and water contamination and biological growth will render diesel engines unserviceable and lead to failure of the industrial diesel engines.
Furthermore, the additional costs associated with removing contaminated fuel, cleaning the fuel storage tank and fuel lines, repairing inject and injector pump damage and replacing the fuel are rather hefty.
Air Quality
Air quality plays an important role in determining the operating life of industrial diesel engines. The better the air quality, the longer the industrial diesel engines will function efficiently for.
Air filters must therefore be checked on a daily basis when used, and replaced as required by site conditions.
Appropriate Load
Overloading industrial diesel engines can cause exhaust temperatures to increase, which often leads to overheating.
Overloading can also lead to under voltage and under frequency conditions on the power output which can cause damage to electrical and electronic equipment connected to the generator.
Under-loading industrial diesel engines can also create issues, as grazing of the cylinder bores will occur.
This will stop the cylinder rings from sealing properly and will allow ‘blowby’ to occur, which occurs when excess gases produced during the combustion process are forced from the top of the piston and into the sump.
This can cause damage to the oil as it becomes diluted with by-products such as fuel, ash and carbon, and diminishes its ability to lubricate the industrial diesel engines.
In extreme cases oil/fuel mixture can become flammable and a crankcase explosion may occur.
Regular servicing
Redstar Equipment stresses that in order to maximise the operating life of your industrial diesel engines regular servicing must occur.
The company offers the following repair and maintenance services for industrial diesel engines:
- Manufacturers specified services
- Chemical analyses of engine oil, fuel and coolants
- Supply and maintain suitable particulate filters, water filters and filtration systems
- Engine repairs and overhauls
- Alternator repairs and rewinds
- Load testing generators and control systems
12.07.2012
