SIZING OF

GENERATORS
Abraham Jyothimon, MSc, B.E
Senior Electrical Engineer
B.K Gulf

TYPE OF GENERATORS(ISO 8258)

EMERGENCY STANDBY RATED
24-hour average output to 70 percent of the nameplate ESP rating. No
Overload capacity available .

PRIME RATED
A prime-rated generator set is available for an unlimited number of hours per year in a variable-load application, as
long
as the average load factor does not exceed 70 percent of the nameplate
rating, unless the manufacturer allows a higher average load factor.
This rating allows an overload capacity of 10 percent, but that additional
capacity should not be used for more than one hour in every 12. The
prime power rating for a given generator set is typically 10 percent lower
than the standby rating.

CONTINOUS RATED
The continuous power rating is used for applications where there is no utility power and the generator set is relied upon
for all power needs. The continuous power rating for a given generator set is typically 25-30 percent lower than the
standby rating

Generator Load Calculation Steps

Segregation of Loads(5 categories)
Linear Loads(Lighting, Heating),UPS,VFD/Soft Starter,
Other Starters, Group of Motors
Effective Load check
Overload Capacity(KVAs < KVAe*Koverload) check
Step Loading Capacity check
Transient Voltage Dip check

BUILDING ELECTRICAL
LOADS
ELVSB-01(Connected with LVSB - 14/7)
FED FROM -PANEL
FLOOR

FED TO -PANEL

Max.
Fire
Conn.
demand. condition
Load-kW kW
-Load.kW

27.5
27.5
27.5
30
30
30
32.5
32.5
32.5

GF

EMCC-GF-01-01 (7)
EMCC-GF-03-01 (8)
EMCC-GF-03-02 (9)

L1

EMCC-L1-01-01
EMCC-L1-01-02
EMCC-L1-03-01
EMCC-L1-03-02

(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)

27.5
27.5
27.5
27.5

27.5
27.5
27.5
27.5

L2

EMCC-L2-01-01
EMCC-L2-01-02
EMCC-L2-03-01
EMCC-L2-03-02

(14)
(15)
(16)
(17)

14.9
22.5
12.5
15

14.9
22.5
12.5
15

L3

EMCC-L3-01-01
EMCC-L3-03-01
EMCC-L3-01-02
EMCC-L3-03-02

(21)
(22)
(23)
(24)

30
30
15
22.5

30
30
15
22.5

L4

EMCC-L4-04-01 (28)
EMCC-L4-04-02 (29)

210
400

210
400

B1

FIRE PUMP

184

184

ESMDB-L-LG-02

27.5
27.5
27.5
27.5

184

CAT SPEC SIZER

OUTPUTS

Generator Capability Diagram

&Capacitor Bank
Green Normal
Yellow-Abnormal, but not

damaging
Red Damaging
Due to Limitation in
Armature & Field Heating,
Stability
On the left quadrant, you can see that near-normal
output (yellow area) can be achieved with some leading power factor load, in this case, down
to about 0.97 power factor, leading. At that point, the ability to absorb additional kVAR
quickly drops to near zero (red area), indicating that the AVR is turning off and any level of
reverse kVAR greater than the level shown will cause the machine to lose control of voltage