i was designing out a 250kw generator project up in bennington vt and had to calculate the fuel consumption of this Detroit Diesel so i could tell the fuel tank maker how big.
I ended up having to flip to through my ugly's manual to figure out how many liquid gallons there are to one cubic foot. This genset will use about 27gal/hr and it needs to be 72hr rated.
come to find 7.5liquid gal = 1 cu foot.
i would have never guessed.
It's hard to believe,but it's right.
Hmm. That IS a bit surprising.
Wow 27gl/hr?? that's a lot of fuel. The last truck I drove pulling a step-deck and grossing 80k, got right around 5.5 mpg w/ 500hp Detroit 60 series turning 1750 rpm at 65mph. That figures at around 11.81 gl/hr. Is that engine a v12?? Just curious.
250kW would take a lot of energy to make. That's a quarter of a megawatt. I can power my entire house with my 6kW generator if I turn off the electric heat and use the electric range sparingly (IE one burner at a time)...
750 Watts is 1 HP if memory serves me.
Just about, yes.
it was just not fitting into my imagination because all i could think about was........... my 5gal can of gas "cant" fill up a 12''x12''x12'' cube
thats right,, you'll never see more than 25A in typical residential service. we all have a lot of head room.
now in my case, that changes when that 18kva tankless water heater kicks on coupled wth all other linear and non linear loads.
and approx 2.4hp gas engine to 1hp electric motor