Independent Generation of Electric PowerPrivate, or independent, generation has developed to provide electricity for remote houses, on islands, isolated communities, ships and offshore platforms. Such small systems are also used in industrial plants needing continuity of supply under their own control, economic savings (perhaps through waste heat recovery) or simply an alternative to local authority supply. |
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Generator configuration | 45 |
Generator application and control | 74 |
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