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C280-6 Offshore Generator Set

The C280-6 generator set incorporates years of proven success of the 3600 engine with the latest technology in electronics. The result is a fully integrated solution that is ideal for offshore operations. Ideal applications for the C280-6 offshore generator set are main power on-board drilling and production vessels and platforms. Complete package offerings are MCS type-approved and compliant with IMO Tier II emissions standards, making integration of the Cat C280-12 generator set into the vessel a simplified operation. Cat generator sets are backed by the worldwide network of Cat dealers ready to support your operation with technical support, service, parts, and warranty. Cat C280-6 offshore generator set. Ratings: 1661-1940 ekW (2076-2771 kVA) @ 50/60 Hz (1000/900 rpm). IMO Tier II emissions compliant.

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Specifications

Spec Value
Minimum Rating 2320 kV·A 1730 ekW
Maximum Rating 2722 kV·A 2030 ekW
Emissions IMO Tier 2 / EPA Marine Tier 2 IMO Tier 2 / EPA Marine Tier 2
Oil Change Interval 1000 h 1000 h
Fuel System EUI EUI
Bore 11 in 280 mm
Stroke 11.8 in 300 mm
Weight 91492 lb 41500 kg
Displacement 6773 in³ 111 l
Engine Control Electronic ADEM™ A3 Electronic ADEM™ A3
Aspiration Turbocharged-Aftercooled Turbocharged-Aftercooled
Generator Set Control Generator Monitoring System (GMS) Generator Monitoring System (GMS)
Spec Value
Width 71.6 in 1818 mm
Length 293 in 7441 mm
Height 107.6 in 2733 mm
Spec Value
Lube Oil System – Refill 229 gal (US) 867 l
Cooling System – Engine 105 gal (US) 397 l

Standard Equipment

Product Consist

  • The engine is a turbocharged, aftercooled, four-strokecycle- diesel, electronic unit injection engine with a 280 mm (11 in) bore by 300 mm (11.8 in) stroke. SAE standard rotation is counterclockwise as viewed from the rear of engine flywheel.

Emissions Certifications

  • GL and CCS approved IMO certificate — includes statement of compliance or Engine International Air Pollution Prevention (EIAPP) certificate, supplied by the Recognized Organization (RO) where available, and technical file to be kept on board per IMO regulations.

Marine Certification Society type-approval

  • ABS, BV, CCS, DnV, GL, LRS
  • Spray shielding to meet SOLAS regulations for flammable fluids

European Certifications

  • Declaration of Incorporation for EU Machinery Safety
  • Directive and EU Low Voltage Safety Directive

Air Inlet System

  • Fresh water aftercooler, corrosion resistant coated (air side)
  • Air inlet shutoff
  • Turbocharger, rear-mounted, oil lubricated

Control System

  • Single Cat ADEM A3 electronic engine control module with electronic unit injector fuel system, rigid wiring harness (10 amp 24V power required to drive electronic engine control modules)

Cooling System

  • Gear-driven jacket water (JW) pump
  • Gear-driven separate-circuit aftercooler/oil cooler (AC/OC) pump
  • Engine coolant water drains

Exhaust System

  • Dry, gas tight exhaust manifold

Fuel System

  • Distillate fuel (requires viscosity ranging from 1.4 cSt to 20 cSt at 38°C)
  • Fuel pump, gear-driven
  • Fuel transfer pump (mounted on left-hand side)
  • Duplex fuel filters, rear-engine-mounted
  • Electronically controlled unit injectors

Lube system

  • Centrifugal oil filters with single shutoff, service-side engine mounted on cylinder block inspection covers (includes installed oil lines and single shutoff valve), filters centrifuge bypass oil from the main lubricating oil pump (can be serviced with the engine running)
  • Oil filler and dipstick
  • Oil pressure regulating valve
  • Dry engine-mounted sump system that gravity feeds into base assembly integral sump
  • Engine-mounted duplex oil filter
  • Intermittent air prelube
  • Continuous electric prelube
  • Redundant prelube with continuous electric prelube and intermittent air prelube backup
  • Oil pan drain valves
  • Electric continuous prelube pump
  • Lube oil heater
  • Oil pump – gear drive

Protection System

  • Crankcase explosion relief valves
  • Alarm and shutdown during abnormal operation

Instrumentation

  • PLC-based system provides protection, monitoring, and control housed in a NEMA 4 (IP66) enclosure.

General

  • Service Literature

Optional Equipment

Air Inlet System

  • 90° adapter and straight adapters for air inlet to turbocharger Air cleaners
  • Air cleaners with Cat dry paper filter elements (approximately 99.9% efficient at filtering SAE fine dust)
  • Soot filter

Control System

  • 4-20 mA load feedback signal
  • Load sharing module
  • Direct rack module

Cooling System

  • Separate Circuit Aftercooler (SCAC)
  • Customer water connections
  • Jacket water thermostats
  • AC/OC thermostats
  • Accessory module-mounted high volume expansion tank
  • Jacket water heater
  • Heat recovery connections and thermostats for use with water maker system
  • ANSI connection adapters

Exhaust System

  • Exhaust manifold shields
  • Vertical or 30° outboard exhaust orientation options
  • Exhaust outlet expanders and weld flanges

Fuel System

  • Manual fuel priming pump
  • Duplex primary fuel strainer
  • Flexible fuel hose connections

Lube System

  • Dry engine-mounted sump system that gravity feeds into base assembly integral sump
  • Engine-mounted duplex oil filter
  • Intermittent air prelube
  • Continuous electric prelube
  • Redundant prelube with continuous electric prelube and intermittent air prelube backup
  • Oil pan drain valves
  • Electric continuous prelube pump
  • Lube oil heater

Protection System

  • Wiring meets MCS requirements
  • Upgrade PLC monitor to industrial PC
  • Upgrades AC/OC, JW and start air pressure from contactors to transducers
  • Raw water/sea water pressure transducer
  • Modbus communication
  • Beacon and horn
  • Single engine remote display monitor
  • Emergency pump start signal
  • Cabinet cooler
  • Generator power monitoring
  • Remote relay panel
  • Turbocharger speed sensors
  • Cylinder pressure relief valve
  • Oil mist detector
  • Flywheel and damper guards

Mounting System

  • Base aseembly
  • Vertically-restrained vibration isolators and weld plates

Starting System

  • Single turbine air starters
  • Boost control valve for extremely cold ambient conditions
  • Air start pressure reducing valves

General

  • Torsional couplings
  • Mounting groups for engine, generator, and base
  • Accessory module to mount attachments such as the expansion tank, heat exchanger, instrument panel and engine controls, annunciator panel, alarm and shutdown contactors, fuel strainer
  • Flywheel
  • Engine barring device options:
  • One-year storage preservation
  • Oceanic transportation shipping protection (shrink wrap and tarp)
  • Engine testing — certified dynamometer test, fuel consumption test, rated speed performance test, overload test, minimum power setting, peak firing pressure test, turbo work cert and crankshaft work cert
  • Standard and project-specific witness testing
  • Spare parts kit

Literature

  • Project-specific installation drawings
  • Electrical schematics and P&ID drawings

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