Patent ID: 6329907
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: H02J

Abstract:
In an emergency power station for supplying emergency power to a system powered by conventional utility power having a cabinet housing a power generator, an engine, a generator control system and a transfer panel, an air supply and exhaust system comprising an air intake structure in the cabinet wherein air is admitted into the cabinet and circulated around the engine for cooling the engine, an exhaust housing having an exhaust compartment and a vent at the top of the compartment with an engine exhaust discharge in the exhaust compartment, and, an engine air cooling passage from the air intake structure in the cabinet to the exhaust compartment wherein the exhaust system also includes an engine exhaust pipe, a muffler and a discharge pipe with the exhaust pipe being connected to the engine in the cabinet and the muffler being located in the exhaust compartment and with the discharge pipe being connected to the muffler in the exhaust compartment with the discharge pipe directing the engine exhaust discharge at the vent wherein engine cooling air and engine exhaust gases mix in the exhaust compartment before venting to the atmosphere.