Achieving Stage V Regulations Within the Mobile Generator Market

There are increasing demands on energy producers to reduce engine emissions. This increased demand makes Stage V electronic engines the standard engine choice wherever possible across the mobile generator set market.

Since the start of 2019 all newly manufactured engines for mobile genset have been required to be compliant with Stage V regulations. Stage V is a step above previous Tier 4 Final (T4F) regulations. The aim of Stage V is to further reduce environmental contaminants from an engine’s exhaust while maintaining fuel efficient, reliable, power delivery.

To achieve the reduced limits Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) have redesigned their engines, incorporating a type of Engine Control Unit (ECU) that requires a Stage V compatible control module.

How Does DSE Achieve Stage V Regulations With Their Control Modules?

DSE has extensive experience within the mobile generator market and already has successful ranges of Stage V controllers in use across the globe. DSE is continuously enhancing its control module functionality to evolve Stage V compatibility, introducing functions and features to future-proof control modules for further OEM engine changes.

Engine manufacturers define icons that must be displayed for their engine to achieve Stage V sign off. The icons that are required differ from each engine manufacturer. Within the configuration of our control modules users can select or add their own icons allowing them flexibility to achieve Stage V compliance.

Using the built-in PLC functionality within our control modules enables a highly sophisticated level of control.  It is possible to configure a suitable automatic engine or system response if multiple events or alarms are recorded at the same time.

Configurable CAN features are also available including CAN Receive and CAN Transmit (CAN Rx / CAN Tx). CAN Rx is a way to receive up to 30 additional messages from the ECU and can be monitored remotely using DSEWebNet®. CAN Tx can be used to send up to 10 messages to any device on a CAN network.

The DSEE050 - eView® Engine Display has been designed to provide additional Stave V support to our control modules and incorporates fully configurable icons. This allows application specific control and monitoring to be altered if requirements of the application are changed. Alarm or notification parameters can also be configured for a range of different trigger points.

If an application requires additional bespoke design, the DSEM835 – 3.5” Programmable Display can be coded to become a Stage V screen. This provides enhanced flexibility in design for all applications. The DSEM835 also includes multi-functional inputs, flexible outputs and a heated optically bonded display.

For up-to-date information on the range of DSEGenset® and DSEControl® modules with Stage V compatibility, for either single engine and genset applications or multi-set load sharing applications, please refer to the DSEE400, DSE73XX MKII, DSE74XX MKII and DSE8610 MKII product pages.

If you would like support or training on how DSE control modules can support your Stage V applications, please email our technical support team: support@deepseaelectronics.com who will be happy to assist.