Caterpillar G3516C

Description

From natural gas-fueled combined heat and power (CHP) systems and emergency power for facilities, to renewable biogas energy to support the local grid, or electricity generated from coal mine gases, Caterpillar has a wide range of reliable gas power solutions.

 

Air Inlet

  • Two-element single-stage air cleaner with enclosure and service indicator

Control Panels

  • EMCP 4.3

Cooling

  • Jacket water and SCAC driven pumps and bypass lines
  • 2nd Stage SCAC-Cat Flange
  • Engine driven water pumps for jacket water and aftercooler
  • Jacket water and SCAC thermostats
  • ANSI/DN customer flange connections for JW inlet and outlet
  • Cat flanges on SCAC circuit

Exhaust

  • Integrated Sensing Module (ISM)
  • Cat-flanged face outlet on turbocharger
  • Provides exhaust port temperatures and stack temperature to customer supplied screen via CCM
  • Dry exhaust manifolds, insulated and shielded

Fuel System

  • 24V ETR Gas Shutoff Valve
  • Engine installed, fuel metering valve
  • Throttle plate, 24V DC actuator, controlled by ECM
  • Fuel system is sized for 31.5 to 47.2 MJ/NM3 dry pipeline natural gas with pressure of 10.2 to 34.5KPa to the engine fuel control valve
  • Fuel Filter

Ignition System

  • Individual Cylinder Detonation Sensitive Timing (DST)
  • Electronic Ignition System (controlled by ECM)

Fuel system

  • Electronic fuel metering valve

Generator

  • Anti-condensation space heater
  • Busbar connections
  • Class H Insulation & Class F temperature rise
  • Reactive Droop
  • Permanent Magnet Excitation
  • 3-phase brushless, salient pole
  • Caterpillar’s Digital Voltage Regulator (CDVR) with 3-phase sensing and KVAR/PF control
  • SR4B
  • Winding temperature detectors

General

  • RH Service
  • Operation and maintenance manuals
  • Crankshaft Vibration Damper and Guard
  • Parts Book

Starting/Charging

  • 24V starting motors

 

 

Additional information
Continuous Rating

1660 ekW

Fuel Type

Natural Gas

Maximum Electrical Efficiency

37.70%

Maximum Standby Rating

1500

Frequency

50 / 60 Hz

RPM

1500/1800