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Category Archives: Healthcare
7×24 Exchange Spring Conference: Cummins Power Generation a gold sponsor and vendor presenter
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The theme of the spring conference is “End-to-End Reliability: Thought Leadership.” Ken Box, P.E., Territory Manager for Power Systems, will be presenting at the Vendor Knowledge Exchange, the portion of the conference where Ken’s presentation will focus on Cummins solutions for meeting the EPA’s Tier 4 emissions regulations covering stationary power generation equipment. Under the current regulations, most new diesel power generation systems must be EPA-certified as capable of meeting the Tier 4 Interim emissions performance standards. Cummins Power Generation is one of only a handful of companies capable of meeting these requirements. We look forward to seeing you in Orlando. To learn more about the conference, click here.
Posted in Data Centers, Diesel Generators, Events, Healthcare, News, Standby
Tagged 7x24, conference, June 10-13, Ken Box, mission critical, Orlando, Tier 4 regulations
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Successful Cummins automation upgrade to aging Utah pediatric hospital cogeneration plant
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Primary Children’s Medical Center (PCMC) can boast a century of excellence in pediatric care and recognition as one of the best children’s hospitals in the country. But an aging cogeneration power plant meant high maintenance costs. A new case history documents how technical and space constraints were overcome with a new, more reliable and more automated system.
The hospital wanted a more hands-free, lower-maintenance system that could handle all or almost all of its loads, not just essential equipment. And they wanted to keep a generator set from another supplier that was added several years ago but required a lot of manual intervention in the event of a power outage. The solution provided by Cummins Power Generation and Cummins Rocky Mountain overcame the technical issue of a different winding pitch on the non-Cummins generator set, as well as extremely tight space limitations. Click here to find out how the challenges were solved.
Posted in Applications, Case Study, Cogeneration, Healthcare, Industries, Tools
Tagged Case History, Cogeneration, Cummins Rocky Mountain, hospital, Power Outage, Utah
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Innovative Cummins power solution at Oregon State Hospital
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A new case history tells the story of a partnership that overcame a number of challenges and resulted in an innovative power solution for the Oregon State Hospital in Salem, the primary adult psychiatric center for the state. The entire campus is on the National Register of Historic Places, and includes some 19th century brick and stone buildings. But, previous updates to the physical plant had left a less-than-ideal power configuration.
The solution meant signing up for the Dispatchable Standby Generation (DSG) program of Portland General Electric (PGE). Under this program, the utility contributes to the capital cost of the standby installation and assumes responsibility for its maintenance. In return, PGE can use some of the electricity produced; up to a specified number of hours per year. Participating in the program introduced a new set of requirements, which required the close collaboration of the hospital facility staff, the electrical and general contractors, the local distributor Cummins Northwest and Cummins Power Generation. Read the whole story HERE
Posted in Case Study, Healthcare, Industries, Tools
Tagged Case History, Cummins Power Generation, Oregon State Hospital, Power Solutions
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Cummins Power Generation in year-end issue of Distributed Energy
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A photograph of the Cummins installation at Delta Dental of Michigan headquarters is featured on the cover. In addition, an article on “Commercial Scale DE” describes the research under way at the University of North Dakota’s Energy and Environmental Research Center. The center is helping Cummins Power Generation develop ways to handle “challenging fuel stocks” such as railroad ties. The feature story about “Mandatory Maintenance” includes a photo of a 100 kW Cummins generator set and several quotes from Ani Natekar, Cummins Sales Application Engineer. Natekar points out how changing business requirements for backup power have made quicker start times a must, and he stresses the importance of regular testing and maintenance. He also discusses how to reduce generator set noise: “The easiest way for companies to address noise issues is for them to buy a complete genset package from a manufacturer that already includes noise-deadening equipment… This way, end users won’t have to deal with the issue on their own.” You can find the November–December issue of Distributed Energy here
Posted in Healthcare, News, Standby
Tagged Article, Delta Dental, Distributed Energy, Michigan, University of North Dakota
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Fast-expanding Pamplona hospital relies on Cummins Power Generation for standby power
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Cummins Power Generation Spanish distributor CPG Madrid has supplied the first of three generator sets to the Virgen del Camino Hospital in Pamplona, northern Spain. The C2250 D5 generator set will provide standby power for all the hospital’s buildings in the event of a grid failure. The total grid supply requirement of the site is 6,700 kW.
The 566-bedroom hospital is undergoing development under a €23.7 million modernisation programme funded by the Navarra regional government. This will include a new operating theatre, intensive care unit, post-operative recovery room and laboratories. The project will involve construction of a new 6,000 m2 building. The hospital is located in the city centre, close to the venue for Pamplona’s most famous event – the annual Running of the Bulls, where people attempt to out-race a bull released into the city streets. Some injuries can result. However, the prime reason for the hospital expansion is less dramatic – to serve the medical needs of Pamplona’s 200,000 population all year round.
Posted in Healthcare, News, Standby
Tagged CPG Madrid, hospital, parallel configuration, Spain, Standby
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New case history details role of Cummins Power Generation in hospital’s award-winning upgrade
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 The AnMed Health Medical Center in Anderson, South Carolina. In Anderson, South Carolina, the 1940s-era AnMed Health Medical Center had been showing its age. Hospital management saw the need for a major upgrade to the entire electrical infrastructure, in order to improve reliability and meet current code requirements. This large-scale project, carried out while the hospital remained in operation, was recognized with a national VISTA Award for Infrastructure. A new case history documents the key role played by Cummins Power Generation.  The PowerCommand® generator sets and control equipment installed in the basement of AnMed Health Medical Center. The complex project called for exceptional teamwork and cooperation among several organizations, including the architects, the engineering firm and the electrical contractor, as well as Cummins Power Generation and the local distributor, Cummins Atlantic. As one participant noted, “It was a total team effort.” The success of the project can be measured not only in the satisfaction of the facility managers at the hospital, but also in the VISTA Award for Infrastructure, presented by the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE). The award was presented to AnMed at a national ASHE conference in March 2011. The case history is available here. |
Open Day at prestigious cultural venue gives Portuguese customers a taste of Cummins Power Generation capabilities
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An open day held recently for existing and potential customers in Portugal proved to be an outstanding success. The three-way session was staged jointly by Cummins Portuguese distributor ECV, Cummins Power Generation and Eaton, a leading Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) manufacturer. Around 75 people attended from banks, insurance companies, data centres, hospitals and airports – most of them engineers with technical background and purchasing influence.
 The event was held on-site at the award-winning building of a prestigious ECV customer, the CCB (Centro Cultural de Belém), built in 1996 as a modern museum, art centre and events venue. The Centre uses Cummins generator sets and Eaton UPS equipment, and is often cited by ECV as a reference customer. Two Cummins generator sets were on display for the day, a 150 kVA open set and a 55 kVA enclosed set.“The session was very relaxed, very ambient, with a lot of interchange. People were asking a lot of questions, but without being confused which can be a danger in this kind of presentation,” says ECV Principal and Commercial Director Luis Bessa. Supplementary material was provided including data sheets, catalogues and E-Buddy specification software.
“It was arranged instead of a show or doing advertising,” Bessa explains. “I did this many years ago, but this was a chance to try a different format. They were given a presentation of Cummins products that was not heavy or too detailed.” The success of the day has convinced him to plan further such events in the future. “I will not do the kind of advertising we were doing before, or shows, because they were too expensive. This is much more useful and more pragmatic, and the end effect is much more powerful.”
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Dubai hospital looks to Cummins Power Generation for complete power solution
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Cummins Middle East FZE was responsible for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of the fuel system, exhaust system, ventilation and acoustic treatment of the generator plant room. A one-year contract for operation and maintenance is included in the deal. The hospital is located on a 62,000 m2 site 5 km south of Dubai on the Sheikh Zayed Highway, and will serve existing and newly developing communities south of the city centre. The six-storey, 200-bed hospital was completed on schedule along with 20,000 m2 of staff accommodation. |
Cummins Power Generation provides 1 MW of prime power to Selin Hospital in Iraq
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Cummins distributor Modern Iraq Company for Trading Agencies (MICTA) has completed the installation of a 1 MW prime power solution for Selin Hospital near Erbil in the north of Iraq. The 50-patient hospital required special consideration for air quality and noise, and found the solution in a pair of Cummins Power Generation enclosed C550 D5e generator sets.
The hospital chose Cummins because of the reliability of its product, the availability of service support and parts and its competitive prices, plus the cover warranty provided by the distributor. MICTA was responsible for the whole project from supply and installation through to commissioning of the power station and after-sales service and support. |
Cummins Power Generation to be at 2011 ASHE conference in Seattle
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Cummins Power Generation is proud to be participating in the 48th Annual ASHE Conference in Seattle, which will be held July 17–20. The ASHE conference is an important, not-to-be-missed event for people in healthcare facility management. This Annual ASHE Conference will offer a comprehensive range of educational tracks on several key topics: compliance; health facility commissioning; Planning, Design and Construction (PDC); and operations. The conference will also feature updates on applicable facility standards and codes, recent work by the Joint Commission, and ideas on increasing energy efficiency. Some 1,200 products and services will also be on display by exhibitors. Cummins Power Generation comes to the conference having recently been a key supplier in the campus wide infrastructure upgrade at AnMed Health Medical Center in South Carolina. This project won a VISTA Award at the ASHE PDC conference in March. We invite you to visit us at Booth 1123 and discuss how we can help you upgrade your existing healthcare facility’s power infrastructure or plan for any new facility in your future. |
