Patent ID: 7726285

Claim:
A method for supplying electric power to an electric load comprising: operating a diesel engine having an air intake manifold and at least one combustion chamber for receiving air from the air intake manifold, supplying electric power to an electric load with an electric generator, drivably connecting the diesel engine to the electric generator whereby the diesel engine operates the electric generator to supply electric power to an electric load and the electric generator imparts a load on the diesel engine, sensing the load on the diesel engine and providing a signal representing the sensed load on the diesel engine, delivering the sensed signal to a controller operable to provide output command signals, supplying air to the air intake manifold of the diesel engine with a supercharger, driving the supercharger with the diesel engine, varying the volume and pressure of the air supplied by the supercharger to the air intake manifold of the diesel engine responsive to the command signals from the controller of the load on the diesel engine to boost the rate of the flow of air delivered to the air intake manifold of the diesel engine above the naturally aspirated rate of the flow of air to the air intake manifold of the diesel engine, and introducing combustible fuel into the combustion chamber of the diesel engine responsive to the command signals from the controller corresponding to the boost of the rate of the flow of air delivered to the air intake manifold of the diesel engine to maintain a relatively constant air to fuel ratio in the combustion chamber of the diesel engine.