sixteen 12by 10s Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 for those of you who remember what a "real" diesel sounded like and for the younger one's who think a 66 sounds good. D213 is on loadbank testing, Run this clip forward to about 7.50 mis in. http://www.youtube.c.../royalscotsgrey Load bank testing, is were the output of a diesel electrics loco's generator is connected to a load (a big resistor) it allows the engineer to run the power unit at full power without being on the move. Adjustments can be made during this process, to get the best possible performance. Anyway, wind up the volume and enjoy. Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethevans1986 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Nice video....and no ying yangs in sight GE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chameleon Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 I'm curious, how does load banking work? Do they disconnect the traction motors and run the generator feed straight to a hooj resistance to dissipate the power? (Could earn a bob or two putting all that juice into the national grid!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixteen 12by 10s Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 I'm curious, how does load banking work? Do they disconnect the traction motors and run the generator feed straight to a hooj resistance to dissipate the power? (Could earn a bob or two putting all that juice into the national grid!) That's about it, a quick calculation...... of the top of my head, the output from a 40 will be rated at 750V at 2000A DC Multiply the two together gives use 1500000VA or 1500KW in DC terms, use the conversion and this equates to 2000HP. The load bank is just a very big resistor, that dissipates the power as heat, the problem of pumping it back into the grid would be the conversion from DC to AC (a lot more difficult than AC to DC). Just for a play with ohms law, the resistance of the load bank works out at 0.35 ohm. For information, the load bank at Crew works consisted of a big tank of brine and two plates that were lowered in on cantilevers, steamin! Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugsley Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 And if you prefer your EE thrash without the funny whistling noise , there's always this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex4HAZEQ4UQ My lords!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raffles Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Or... this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfAkbfWVMMg Hellfire. Get those louvres open. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfsup Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Beast! Just about to post the same! Or Also for us Sulzer people...A sulzer with a few less cylinders! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHeg_sZKyNs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 epic noise! just blew my headphones listenin to these, might rig some of these to be my new alarm clock....hmmmm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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