What is The Wattage of Generator?

For commercial generators, we talked a lot about kilowatts, sometimes even megawatts (mW)!

But what exactly is watt and how many watts do we need?

Named after Scottish inventor James Watt in recognition of his breakthrough in steam power generation, Watt is just a term used to describe the energy per unit of generator power. 1 kilowatt is equal to 1000 watts.

1 watt=1.34 horsepower

This means that a 500 kW generator set has a 670 horsepower engine!

One watt is equal to one watt joule. Joule is defined as the amount of work required to produce one watt of power in one second, or one watt second.

As for electromagnetism, as far as we know, one watt is when an ampere current flows through a potential difference of one volt.

How many watts do I need?

The power demand can be obtained by adding up the total power of each electrical appliance or device. This is easy to achieve in a family or entertainment environment. Here are some examples of using basic household appliances:

Microwave oven (1500 watts)

Refrigerator (600 watts)

Drainage pump (600 watts)

Heating system (500 watts)

TV (200 watts)

This will require approximately 3 to 4 kilowatts or 4000 watts of power.

For commercial generators, these numbers are much larger, and there are several variables depending on the requirements of the service facility and whether the unit is only used for emergency (backup) or continuous use (main power). There are no mandatory regulations because each facility has its own unique electricity demand.

The decisive factors include:

Critical load

Future load

Lighting load

Cooling load

For example, the scale of backup power generation opportunities in data centers involves two main factors: total critical load (servers, routers, computers, storage equipment, telecommunications equipment, etc.) and total cooling load (chilled water systems, direct expansion cooling systems).

These calculations and the resulting recommendations should be left to a trustworthy and qualified electrical engineering company. Complex systems require several months to design and must comply with national safety and reliability regulations.

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