Price of 600kw Diesel Generator Set for Power Generation

Generally speaking, the cost of diesel - generated electricity is definitely higher than that of grid - supplied electricity. However, to prevent power outages caused by unexpected situations (such as natural disasters like fires, floods, earthquakes, circuit maintenance due to faults, and temporary power cuts), enterprises and units usually use diesel generator sets for emergency power generation. Some enterprises have high requirements for power supply reliability and even cannot tolerate a single - second power outage, as it would cause huge losses. For example, power sources for hospitals, mines, high - rise elevators, and data centers fall into this category. In recent years, with the rapid development of technology, many industries have increased their demand for backup power sources, such as telecom operators, banks, airports, command centers, databases, expressways, high - grade hotels and office buildings, and catering and entertainment venues. Although it is not cost - effective to use diesel generator sets to generate electricity compared with grid - supplied electricity, diesel generators have the advantages of being able to provide emergency power and being under the free control of enterprises. Next, Guangxi Dingbo Power, a diesel generator manufacturer, will teach you how to calculate the cost of generating one kilowatt - hour of electricity with a 600kW diesel generator.

"Degree" is a commonly used unit for measuring electricity, which is kilowatt - hour, symbolized as KW·h. It means that a machine with an electrical power of 1000 watts consumes 1 degree of electricity in one hour.

The power generation cost of a diesel generator includes the following aspects:

1.Diesel cost: Generator power × Load × Fuel consumption × Fuel price × Time

2.Cost of purchasing or leasing the generator;

3.Cost of maintaining the diesel generator set;

4.Wages of the generator operators;

For example, a 600KW Yuchai generator set has a fuel consumption rate marked as 210g/kw·h, which means it consumes 210 grams of fuel per kilowatt per hour. Some users mistakenly think that this generator consumes 210 grams of fuel per hour. In fact, when this Yuchai generator set is at full load (600 kilowatts), it consumes 600 × 210 = 126,000 grams per hour.

Some unfamiliar customers may think that the Yuchai generator consumes too much fuel. However, this calculation is based on the full - load condition, and the actual fuel consumption is less than this amount. Generally, in actual situations, the fuel consumption is the lowest when the generator set operates at 80% of its rated load. If the load increases, the fuel consumption will also rise. This is what people often mean when they say that the fuel consumption of a generator set is proportional to the load. However, if the load is lower than 20%, it will have an impact on the generator set. Not only will the fuel consumption increase significantly, but the generator set may even be damaged. Also, if the power of the connected equipment is small, the fuel consumption of the generator may be only one - third of the full - load consumption.

Here, we remind users that when purchasing a generator set, if within the budget, they should give priority to diesel generator sets with low fuel consumption rates and low emissions. In the long - run use, a generator set with high fuel consumption will incur astonishing total usage costs, and a generator set with high emissions is likely to pollute the environment.

Dingbo Power was founded in 1974 and is one of the earliest manufacturers of generators and diesel generator sets in China. If you want get more information, please feel free to send email to [email protected] we will pay highly attention on your question.