摘要 |
A system and method is disclosed for creating and/or maintaining an electrical load on a diesel engine generator for use on a marine vessel in order to avoid the harmful effects of no-load or low-load operation of the diesel engine. The parasitic load bank system 10 utilizes the heat transfer fluid 23 contained in the closed circulation loop 28 of a chille7d-fluid air conditioning system 14 for creating and/or maintaining the electrical load on the diesel engine generator 12 by utilizing a load bank controller 44 for diverting a portion 23 c of the heat transfer fluid 23 a being supplied to the vessel's air handlers 42 into heat exchange relationship with the heat transfer fluid 20 b discharged from the air conditioning system's source of heat transfer 18 such that the heat exchanged heat transfer fluid 23 f activates the source of heat transfer 18 , which may be a chiller, reverse-cycle chiller or heat pump, to create an electrical power demand on the diesel engine generator 12.
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