Nationwide STC, Swindon

By Applied Power Engineering on Oct 28, 2024 12:30:00 PM

Nationwide STC, Swindon

Applied Power Engineering was commissioned to convert three existing HV (High Voltage) generators and mains control system, adding DUAL redundancy, STOR functionality and implementing some additional ‘What if Scenario's’ to the original system. Following a successful outcome, and as p …

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National Grid

By Applied Power Engineering on Oct 25, 2024 11:15:00 AM

national-grid

Case Studies Engineers from Applied Power Engineering provided a complete solution for this National grid project. It involved the supply of two ComAp InteliSys controllers and PLC, controlling the bus tie breaker. The system is used to back up the control room and auxiliaries of a co …

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BSkyB

By Applied Power Engineering on Sep 19, 2024 10:30:00 AM

BSkyB

We supplied BskyB with four 2.5 MVA engines. These were set up with four Control panels to interface with Cummins PCC for load share VAR share (MINT – multiple internal). In addition, two floor standing mains control panels using InteliManis NT with G59 protection were incorporated. T …

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The World’s largest IT company

By Applied Power Engineering on Sep 10, 2024 10:00:00 AM

largest-building

The solution we provided comprised of a complete retro-fit of four standby diesel generators, a complete redesign of the switchgear operating philosophy and all associated control equipment on a fully operational, multibillion $/day data centre. Our solution was specified because it w …

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Nationwide, Wakefield House

By Applied Power Engineering on Aug 30, 2024 11:30:00 AM

Wakefield

Wakefield House is another recent project that we delivered for Nationwide. Working with Imtech, we supplied a 1000kVA generator packaged into a standard 40ft ISO container to achieve 75dbA at 1 metre. The unit is for standby application with paralleling capabilities to support a busi …

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Landfill (renewable)

By Applied Power Engineering on Aug 21, 2024 1:30:00 PM

Landfill (renewable)

Applied Power Engineering recently worked with waste to energy company, Viridor, to supply control systems for two Jenbacher 320 gas engines. Viridor required an unrestricted and flexible system that enabled full monitoring as well as modification ability. We supplied control systems …

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Greenhouses

By Applied Power Engineering on Aug 7, 2024 10:15:00 AM

machine

This was a large project involving APE converting a Jenbacher 6 series engine, 1945kW, fuelled by natural gas to ComAp Systems AFR solution. The complexity of the system and high number of sensing signals resulted in us specifying an InteliSys NT AFR for engine control and InteliSys N …

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Datacentre

By Applied Power Engineering on Jul 31, 2024 4:15:00 PM

Datacenter

APE recently supplied a major datacentre with three mains feeders which are supported by two standby diesel generators at 2.2 MVA. This project involved the complete refit of controls and replacement generator sets for multiple internal (MINT) application with parallel to mains and in …

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National Health Service Trust

By Applied Power Engineering on Jul 9, 2024 12:15:00 PM

Service Trust

We have supplied a number of NHS Trusts and this latest project required the installation of ComAp products to provide this particular hospital with a high level of resilience from interruption of power. The two Low Voltage CAT generators are synchronise at 11kV and are switched to es …

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Computacenter

By Applied Power Engineering on Jun 26, 2024 10:15:00 AM

Computacenter

Computacenter commissioned APE to carry out a complete refurbishment of an existing diesel powered standby generation system at a Manchester data centre. The project involved adding layers of redundancy and increasing operator usability and functionality. We have specialist teams that …

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