12 DIESEL ENGINES Diesel Series 4000 MTU engine


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Operational success at Sinnet’s data centre in Beijing, China


A Rolls-Royce genset package has been successfully operating as backup power resource for a Chinese data centre for 5 months now. The system consists of ten 20 V diesel-fired Series 4000 MTU engines, which are installed at a height of 33 metres on the roof of internet service provider Sinnet’s new data centre in eastern Beijing, with the diesel fuel stored in eight underground tanks, reports IPA.


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Rolls-Royce genset package has been successfully


operating as backup power resource for a Chinese data centre for 5 months now. The system consists of ten 20 V diesel-fired series 4000 MTU engines, which are installed at a height of 33 metres on the roof of internet service provider Sinnet’s new data centre in eastern Beijing, with the diesel fuel stored in eight underground tanks. Sinnet operates eight data


centres featuring 1220 server cabinets on an area of over 11,000 square metres, which need to be protected in the event of power failure. The new system represents


the company’s fourth use of MTU gensets for emergency power in China. Delivered in


“Our customers depend on us ensuring that the data flow is


maintained at all times – even a power outage must not lead to any disruption or impairment of our service


whatsoever.”


August 2017 and commissioned in October 2017 by power integration firm Tianjin Pauway Power Equipment Co Ltd. Rolls-Royce Pauway


president Hao Liu said: “Our customers depend on us ensuring that the data flow is maintained at all times – even a power outage must not lead to any disruption or impairment of our service whatsoever.” Since its release, MTU has


Independent Power Asia March - April 2018 www.gmp.uk.com


continually developed and improved its Series 4000 natural gas units. Across a significant sector of


its performance range, the latest engine generation represents a milestone in terms of electrical efficiency: with a per cylinder capacity of 4.77


litres it is capable of producing 2.5 MWel – a first in its class. Like its predecessors, the


new unit is specifically designed for unrestricted continuous operation in stationary power generation applications. www.rolls-royce.com


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