GENERATORS


A reliable and extremely rugged generator set, the 3406C is a favourite model in Africa due to its exceptional service life.


The ‘Investor Range’ - The V12 and V16 engines (1500 rpm) offer unmatched load impact acceptance and reliability, reports APS.


REDUCING OPERATING COSTS THROUGH IMPROVED


ENERGY MANAGEMENT


Two African companies - J.A. Delmas and Tractafric Equipment - have been Caterpillar® dealers for more than 75 years, and joined forces since 1998 in a common entity known as


Africa Power


Systems (APS). The company offers an extensive African local network covering 22 countries. These include: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Morocco, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Republic of Chad.


APS currently supplies diesel or gas- engine driven Caterpillar® generating sets, turnkey power plants including all the auxiliary equipment and hybrid power plants incorporating diesel en- gines, solar energy and/or batteries. In order to meet the specific demands of Telecommunication Operators across Africa, APS has specifically set up a specialised team with the objective of reducing operating costs through


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improved energy management of comms networks. This also optimises plant maintenance thanks to the advantages of remote monitoring. Remote monitoring affords customers a real-time follow up of the essential data of an energy production fleet. Some of its applications include - monitoring of fuel consumptions on different sites, precise indications of quantities of fuel delivered onsite and control over various parameters of specific power generation plants (power consumption in kW, service hours of generator sets, battery charging status etc.). Alarm warnings (via E-mail, SMS, GSM) can also be given in case of onsite maintenance requirements.


A centralized access to this kind of information provides an optimised management of a company’s power generation equipment. It also permits the despatch of a maintenance team to the site, thus preventing a major failure. This will result in significantly reduced operating costs, reports APS.


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