Monday, November 27, 2006

New 250 kW portable load bank - Power Generation - Brief Article

Recognizing the demand for an updated version of its model K696 250 kW portable load bank, Avtron Manufacturing Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, has introduced the newest in its Millennium load bank line with that rating. When the Millennium load banks were introduced in 2000, they replaced older 250 kW and 360 kW models with advanced 200 kW and 400 kW units. Addressing the demand for a 250 kW size, Avtron developed the Millennium 250 with its up-to-date design.

The Millennium 250 is a high capacity, portable, and completely self- contained unit. It is designed to provide resistive loading at a full 250 kW at both 480 V and 240 M three-phase, 60 Hz in a convenient compact package The load bank is designed for routine load testing of standby diesel generator sets or for factory production line testing of uninterruptible power supplies, turbines or engine gen-sets.

The Millennium 250 features horizontal air discharge, which provides a low profile (33.75 in. wide x 50.25 in. high x 47.5 in. long) design for easy entry into confined areas along with digital metering and 5 kW load step resolution. Comprehensive safety circuitry includes branch circuit fusing on all load steps, wrong voltage protection, motor overload protection and overtemperature protection The load bank incorporates continuously supported resistor elements that are air-cooled by an integrally mounted three-phase blower and an aluminized steel enclosure with screened air inlet and exhaust openings. Voltages are available at 240/480, 480 or 600 V a.c. (60 Hz) and 400 Va.c. (50 Hz).

Designed to be easily operated by a single technician, the operator control panel includes a master load on-off switch, load step on-off industrial toggle switches, blower on-off push buttons with a blower failure light and blower and load voltage selector switches

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