Cummins Mid-South recently assisted the oil cleanup in the Gulf of Mexico. The Piranha Environmental expressed their intent to build fourteen skimmer boats to Louie Zinc, territory salesman for the Mid-south region and Cummins readily agreed to help. The boats are to be used to clean the water for the state of Mississippi. The boats had to be able to operate 24 hrs per day if needed and were equipped with 120V AC lighting and winches.
Due to the high power demands for lighting (water at night absorbs a lot of light) and cleaning, there was a need for generator output that far exceeded the capacity of marine MKY genset.
The electrical demands on the boat indicated that two Cummins Onan Commercial Mobile 5.5 HGJAE sets would be needed. Cummins Onan Commercial Mobile application engineer Eric Bollensen stated “this was a unique application. Normally we wouldn’t want customers using a non-marine gasoline genset on a boat. But this boat was equipped with two gasoline outboard motors so gasoline was the fuel of choice."
Eric continues "This boat was unique with the gensets mounted in back, high above the outboard engines. With this configuration the potential for accumulation of gasoline fumes was low, so using a non-marine genset was acceptable. These gensets are out in the open, so they will get plenty of cool air - an important consideration out on the water, in the sun in hot, humid Mississippi."
Weight was also a consideration on this boat. Because the HGJAE gensets are air cooled they offer the highest power output per pound of any Cummins Onan product.
- Amanda Putzke
Cummins Power Generation
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