Patent ID: 6895903
Filing Date: 2005-05-24
Classification: F02B

Abstract:
1. An air provision system for providing ambient air to a portable power module trailerable over public roads, the portable power module including a shipping container defining a first interior portion extending in a first direction toward one end of the container and a second interior portion extending in a second direction opposite to the first direction toward an opposite end of the container, the air provision system comprising: a first air circuit including a first air inlet positioned on the container to provide an ambient first air portion to the first interior portion at least substantially to the exclusion of the second interior portion, the first air circuit including a first fan in the first interior portion, the portable power module including a gaseous fuel motor positioned within the first interior portion, the gaseous fuel motor having a combustion chamber and a coolant jacket positioned adjacent to the combustion chamber to circulate liquid coolant, the portable power module including an electrical power generator positioned within the first interior portion and drivably connected to the gaseous fuel motor to produce electrical power; and a second air circuit including a second air inlet positioned on the container to provide an ambient second air portion to the second interior portion at least substantially to the exclusion of the first interior portion, the second air circuit including at least a second fan in the second interior portion, the portable power module further including a radiator positioned within the second interior portion in flow communication with the coolant jacket to receive the coolant from the coolant jacket and return the coolant to the coolant jacket; wherein the gaseous fuel motor includes a combustion air intake in flow communication with the combustion chamber, wherein the first air circuit is configured to provide a fraction of the first air portion to the combustion air intake, and wherein the combustion chamber is configured to combust a fuel mixture comprising natural gas and the fraction of the first air portion.