Extracting resources from underground in the middle of the Chihuahuan Desert in New Mexico will never be an easy task. Amid extreme heat and dust, every piece of equipment used must be rugged and reliable. DSE’s load sharing control modules are used in off-grid applications in New Mexico and Texas. At one particular site, seven 350 kVA load sharing generator sets are used to provide the single power source for three large pumps. Other sites use different combinations of load sharing generator sets in similar ways.
Salt water is pumped underground, and the waste gas produced as a by-product is used to run the generator sets rather than being flared off for disposal. This endless cycle enables the application to meet its own power requirements while also reducing waste and costs and contributing to the achievement of environmental goals.
The seven load sharing generator sets have built-in redundancy that ensures sufficient capacity for at least one or two generator sets to be taken offline at any given time. This allows for maintenance, servicing and unplanned shutdowns. The control modules used are DSE8610 MKII modules, configured to run the built-in redundancy function automatically. The modules relay information to the site management team, who oversee the site remotely.
