Livestock Farm Diesel Generator Project

Livestock Farm Diesel Generator Project

Summary

Continuous power for livestock breeding farms — protecting feed systems, ventilation, and cold-chain storage in remote and harsh environments.

Case Study

Livestock Farm Diesel Generator Project

Continuous power for livestock breeding farms — protecting feed systems, ventilation, and cold-chain storage in remote and harsh environments.

12 Sites Breeding Farms Covered
2.4 MW Total Installed Capacity
99.8% Power Availability Achieved
30% OPEX Reduction

Project Background

A leading provincial livestock breeding group operates 12 large-scale breeding farms across remote mountainous and semi-arid regions. These farms house automated feeding systems, exhaust ventilation fans, temperature control equipment, and cold-chain storage for vaccines and feed additives — all of which are power-critical. Grid supply in these areas is unstable, with frequent outages lasting 4–12 hours, directly threatening livestock health, feed quality, and biosecurity. The group launched an open tender for a reliable, environment-adaptive diesel power solution to safeguard continuous farm operations.

01. Bidding Purpose & Process

Core Bidding Objectives

  • Guarantee uninterrupted power for ventilation and feeding systems.
  • Withstand corrosive ammonia-rich and high-humidity farm air.
  • Support cold-chain storage for vaccines and feed additives.
  • Enable remote monitoring across 12 dispersed sites.
  • Minimize OPEX with intelligent fuel and maintenance management.

Bidding Process

  • Prequalification: Verification of agricultural and corrosive-environment deployment experience.
  • Technical Bid: Evaluation of anti-corrosion design, paralleling capability, and cloud O&M platform.
  • Commercial Negotiation: Review of lifecycle cost, spare parts supply, and on-site SLA.
  • Award: NovArk Power secured the contract with the最优 technical-commercial composite score.

02. Post-Award Objectives

Zero-Interruption Power

Seamless auto-start within ≤8ms after grid failure to keep ventilation and feeding running.

Corrosion Resistance

Withstand ammonia-rich, high-humidity farm air with anti-corrosion coatings and materials.

Scalable Capacity

Parallel-ready architecture to scale from 200kW to 2MW as farm operations expand.

Smart O&M

Centralized remote monitoring of 12 sites via 4G cloud platform, reducing manual patrols.

03. Status Before Intervention

Prior to engaging NovArk, the breeding group relied on a mix of aging gensets and grid power, resulting in recurring operational and biosecurity risks:

  • Frequent Ventilation Loss: Grid outages (4–12 hrs) caused ventilation shutdown, leading to heat stress and 3 livestock mortality incidents.
  • Corrosion Failures: Ammonia and high humidity degraded standard genset enclosures, causing 6+ unit failures annually.
  • Cold-Chain Risk: Vaccine and feed-additive refrigerators lost power 8+ times/year, risking batch spoilage.
  • No Central Visibility: 12 dispersed farms had no unified monitoring; faults were discovered only after livestock impact.
  • High OPEX: Annual maintenance exceeded ¥200,000, with manual patrols consuming 2 full-time technicians per farm.

04. Why NovArk Power?

Proven Farm Deployment

Track record of genset deployments in corrosive, high-humidity agricultural environments.

Advanced Paralleling

Deep-sea controllers ensuring ≤8ms switchover and voltage deviation ≤ ±2%.

Environmental Durability

316L stainless steel + triple anti-corrosion coatings for ammonia and salt-spray resistance.

Lifecycle Value

Intelligent fuel management and remote diagnostics reducing OPEX by 30%.

05. Proposed Solutions & Recommendations

Genset Fleet Configuration

Deployed a fleet of 12 NovArk-C200 units (one per farm) with N+1 redundancy at the central breeding hub. Modular design allows future capacity expansion via paralleling.

Anti-Corrosion Engineering

Upgraded to 316L stainless steel enclosures + three-proof paint coating + titanium alloy piping to resist ammonia (NH₃) and high humidity (≥85% RH).

Zero-Interruption Paralleling

Deep-sea parallel controller for seamless switchover (≤8ms) and synchronized load sharing across multi-unit farms.

4G Cloud O&M Platform

Centralized monitoring of fuel level, voltage, and fault codes across all 12 farms via mobile app, with AI alerts 7 days in advance.

06. Execution & Implementation

Phase 1: Site Survey & Custom Engineering

Conducted ammonia concentration and humidity profiling at all 12 farms to specify anti-corrosion grade and unit placement for optimal airflow.

Phase 2: Fleet Deployment & Commissioning

Delivered and commissioned 12 NovArk-C200 units. Completed paralleling synchronization and auto-start tests within 10 working days.

Phase 3: Cloud Integration & Training

Integrated all units into the NovArk 4G Cloud Platform and trained farm technicians on remote monitoring and basic maintenance.

Phase 4: Managed Services Activation

Transitioned to 24/7 managed services with regional spare parts stocking (filters, belts, controllers) for 48-hour on-site response.

07. Final Results & Impact

99.8%

Power Availability

0

Livestock Mortality Incidents

≤8ms

Switchover Time

30%

OPEX Reduction

The implementation successfully eliminated ventilation loss and cold-chain power failure across all 12 breeding farms. Livestock mortality incidents dropped to zero, and vaccine cold-chain integrity has been maintained without interruption for 18 consecutive months. The 4G Cloud Platform reduced manual patrols by 90%, and annual O&M costs decreased by 30%.

The project has since been expanded into a 5-year framework agreement covering an additional 8 farms, solidifying NovArk Power as the strategic power assurance partner for the group's nationwide breeding operations.

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