How Fully-Variable Fan Drives Helps Reduce Fuel and Noise

January 19, 2022
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This study was developed to understand whether a fully-variable fan drive would provide fuel and noise output benefits when installed in place of the standard cooling system in a 100kW rental generator set. Read on to understand if the study proved that significant fuel savings and noise reductions were possible when the variable fan drive was used.

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