[11749] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Backup Power Schemes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul J. Zawada)
Mon Aug 11 16:52:39 1997
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 15:37:57 -0500
To: Tony Li <tli@juniper.net>, wb8foz@nrk.com
From: "Paul J. Zawada" <zawada@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <827mdwx9r4.fsf@chimp.juniper.net>
Co-Generation/Off-grid Generation is becoming more available to even small
installations. The Aerospace division of AlliedSignal is now marketing a
small turbine-based power plant that's about the size of a 75-kVA
transformer. The unit can produce something like 50-100 kW of power and
will run on LP, Natural Gas, Diesel, Gasoline or grandpa's bathtub whiskey.
I believe the pricetag is in the $250k range.
See:
http://www.alliedsignal.com/aerospace/product/turbogen/turbo2.html
--zawada
At 09:26 PM 8/8/97 -0700, Tony Li wrote:
>
>> That takes us back to UPSi on equipment, and generators. Technologies
>> available are:
>> ....
>
>Don't forget cogeneration equipment.
>
>One would think that local power, UPS, and one flavor of generator should
>suffice. For the "reasonable". ;-)
>
>Tony
>
>
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