Is this possible? Explain. Details below.?
An advertisement for a portable electrical generating unit claims that the unit’s diesel engine produces 28,000 hp to drive an electrical generator that produces 30 MW of electrical power.
No it isn’t possible. The output of the diesel engine is only 20.8 MW and it isn’t possible for a generator to produce more power than is given to it.
The 20.8 comes from the fact that 1HP = 746W
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No it isn’t possible. The output of the diesel engine is only 20.8 MW and it isn’t possible for a generator to produce more power than is given to it.
The 20.8 comes from the fact that 1HP = 746W
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I seriously doubt that such a powerplant is ‘portable’, unless it is mounted on a naval vessel.
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