Buyer guides
What to specify, what is included and what to send with an enquiry - one guide per product family.
- Generator Set Containers and EnclosuresContainers and acoustic enclosures for diesel and gas generator sets, purpose-built or ISO-based, with air, exhaust, fuel and electrical systems built in.
- Generator Packages for Data Center Backup PowerGenerator packages for data center backup power: containers, fuel storage and polishing, exhaust with SCR, silencers, MCC panels and load banks.
- Exhaust and SCR Systems for Generator SetsExhaust gas systems for diesel and gas generator sets: piping, expansion joints, silencers, insulation, stacks and SCR for NOx reduction, built to the engine data.
- Fuel Tanks and Fuel Systems for Generator SetsBelly tanks, daily fuel tanks, fuel polishing and oil supply systems for diesel generator sets, sized for the required autonomy and the site.
- Belly Tanks for Generator SetsBelly tanks (base frame fuel tanks) for diesel generator sets: when to choose one over a day tank, capacity and autonomy, double-wall construction, fittings, structural load, transport and the questions to settle before ordering.
- Generator Silencers: What Decides the Exhaust Silencer You NeedWhat to know before choosing an exhaust silencer for a diesel or gas generator: the grades from industrial to residential, critical and hospital, the silencer types and what to send AXON for a proposal.
Knowledge base
Plain answers to the questions people ask about generator enclosures, containers, fuel tanks, fuel polishing, load banks, ventilation and exhaust systems.
- What Is a Generator Enclosure or Container, and What Does It Include?The housing of an outdoor diesel generator from the inside out: structure, air, sound, fuel, exhaust, electrics, safety.
- Acoustic Enclosure, Container or Canopy: Which Housing for a Diesel Generator?Canopy, acoustic enclosure, container or plant room - the housings compared on noise, access, transport and cost.
- Day Tank, Bulk Tank or Belly Tank: Fuel Storage for a Generator SetBelly tank, day tank and bulk tank: what each does, how they are instrumented and how they are connected.
- What Is Fuel Polishing and Why Do Standby Generators Need It?Why stored diesel goes bad, what it does to a standby set, and how a polishing system keeps the tank clean.
- What Is a Load Bank and When Is It Used?Resistive, reactive, portable or permanent - what a load bank does, which tests it serves and when a generator needs one.
- How a Containerized Power Plant Is BuiltDesign, build, test, ship, commission: the steps and the systems of a containerized power plant.
- Generator Ventilation and Airflow BasicsCombustion air, cooling air, openings, hot climates - the airflow of a generator room or enclosure explained.
- Diesel Generator Exhaust System Components: Silencer, SCR, PipeworkFrom the turbo to the stack: the parts of a generator exhaust system, what each does, and the back pressure that limits them all.
- Generator Noise Levels Explained: dB(A), Distance and How to Reduce ThemSound level, distance, several sets, enclosure grades: what generator noise figures mean and how noise is reduced.
- UPS vs Generator for Backup Power: What Each Does and Why Most Sites Need BothSeconds versus days: the roles of the UPS and the generator in a backup power system and how they hand over.
- Data Center Backup Generator Requirements: Ratings, Redundancy, Fuel, Noise and EmissionsRatings, N+1 and 2N, fast starts, fuel autonomy, SCR and silencers, load bank tests: the generator package a data center specifies.
- Generator Emissions Explained: NOx, Particulates, Tier 4 and Stage VThe pollutants, the rules and the after-treatment: how a generator set meets an emissions limit.
- ATS, Switchgear and Paralleling: How Generator Power Reaches the LoadBreaker, ATS, paralleling, synchronising, MCC: the switchgear between the alternator and the consumers.
- Generator Maintenance and Testing Basics: Keeping a Standby Set ReadyBatteries, fuel, coolant, filters, load tests and the enclosure: the checks that keep a standby generator ready.
- kVA vs kW: Understanding Generator Set RatingskVA, kW, power factor, step loads and ratings: what the numbers on a generator set mean.
- Diesel vs Gas Generators: Which One for Standby, Prime and CHP?Start-up, fuel, emissions, running cost and load acceptance: diesel and gas gensets compared for each duty.
- 20 ft or 40 ft Container for a Generator Set?What fits in each size, what the silencers and the tank need, and how transport and lifting decide the container.
- Hybrid Generator and Battery Systems: How They Work and When They PayBattery plus genset: why hybrids save fuel at light load and where they pay.
- What Is a Heating Module and Skid Frame for an Engine?The pump skid between the engine and its radiator, on one factory-built frame.
- Reactive vs Absorptive vs Combined Exhaust SilencersChambers, absorbing tubes or both: how the silencer types differ and where each belongs.
- What Decides the Exhaust Silencer a Generator NeedsWhat goes into choosing a silencer grade - and why "hospital grade" is a label, not an answer.
- Exhaust Breakout Noise: Pipe and Silencer Shell InsulationWhen the noise comes through the steel rather than out of the outlet - and what stops it.
- What Decides the Size of a Generator Exhaust SilencerWhy the gas that passes through a silencer matters more than the flange it bolts to.
- Exhaust Silencer Materials and Corrosion: What Decides How Long It LastsWhy two identical silencers can age very differently, and what to tell the supplier about the site.
- Silencers for Gas Engines and CHP Plants: Why the Exhaust Needs a Different ApproachGas engines and CHP plants ask more of an exhaust silencer than a diesel set does, and the reasons are mostly about the plant around it.
- Installing an Exhaust Silencer: Supports, Expansion and DrainsA good silencer badly installed is a bad silencer: weight, heat movement, water and access.
- Generator Muffler vs Exhaust Silencer: One Part, Two NamesMuffler in the US, silencer elsewhere: the same part, and what to ask for either way.
- Residential Grade Generator Exhaust Silencer: When a Home, Office or Town Site Needs OneResidential grade is a quiet level, not a different part: where it is needed and where it is not.
- Hospital and Critical Grade Generator Exhaust Silencers: Why the Quietest Class Is Asked ForWhy hospitals and quiet-sensitive sites ask for the top silencer class, and what it does not solve alone.
- Exhaust Silencers for Data Center Generators: Many Sets, Close Neighbours and a Permit to KeepWhy a data center generator yard needs its exhaust silencers planned as a group, and what to settle early.
- Generator Exhaust Silencers for the Middle East: Heat, Sand and Dust on SiteWhy Gulf and desert generator sites need the exhaust silencer chosen for the climate as well as the noise limit.
- Exhaust Silencers for Marine and Offshore Generators: Tight Engine Rooms, Salt Air and ApprovalsWhy marine and offshore generator sets need the exhaust silencer chosen for space, salt air and approval as well as noise.
- Spark Arrestor Exhaust Silencers for Generators: Fire Safety on Dry and Fuel-Handling SitesWhy generators on dry, wooded or fuel-handling sites need a spark arrestor exhaust silencer, and what to settle with the supplier first.
- Generator Exhaust Silencer Inspection and Maintenance: What to Look For and When to Call the SupplierWhat owners of generator exhaust silencers should check from time to time, which signs point to trouble, and when to ask the supplier.
Exhaust Silencers by Engine
Exhaust silencers for the generator sets and gas engines our customers run.
Articles
Explainers that go deeper into one question.
- Belly Tank or Day Tank: Choosing the Fuel Arrangement for a Generator SetA belly tank sits under the generator set, a day tank stands beside it or in the plant room. Which one a project needs follows from autonomy, the site, the fire code and how the fuel is delivered.
- How Much Fuel Does a Standby Generator Need? Autonomy, Tank Size and RefuellingThe fuel a standby generator needs follows from its consumption at the expected load and the hours it must run without a delivery. What those two numbers mean in practice, and why usable volume is the figure that counts.
- Generator Exhaust Silencer Grades Explained: Industrial, Residential, Critical and HospitalWhat the four exhaust silencer grades mean, why two silencers of the same grade can perform differently, and how the grade relates to the noise limit a site actually has to meet.
- Exhaust Back Pressure: Why the Silencer and the Pipe Route Decide Generator OutputEvery engine has a limit on exhaust back pressure. The silencer, the pipe, the bends and the stack all count against it, and a route that grows on site can leave the set unable to reach its rated load.
