ABOUT
Kawasaki
We, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, are a leading comprehensive heavy industrial manufacturer
in Japan. Our history spans approximately 140 years since our founding in 1878.
Our business, which
began in shipbuilding, has evolved by continuously adapting and incorporating the latest technologies, while
inheriting Japanese craftsmanship techniques.
Beyond the globally acclaimed “NINJA” motorcycles, our
expertise spans across diverse fields such as high-speed trains, ships, jet engines, industrial precision
machinery, robotics, and energy products such as gas turbines and gas engines.
We have harnessed all that
we have learned from these technologies, and created one-of-a-kind products that contribute to the good of the
planet.
News
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Data Center World Asia, 11th – 12th October 2023 @ Marina Bay Sands Singapore
Leaflets
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Strategic Collaboration Agreement Signed for the Establishment of International Liquefied Hydrogen Supply Chains with ADNOC
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Kawasaki Completes Lineup of Hydrogen-Mixed-Fuel DLE Combustors, Making All Kawasaki Gas Turbines for Cogeneration Systems Hydrogen-Compatible
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Kawasaki Receives Order for Gas Compressor to Be Used in World’s Largest scale Offshore CCS Project
ABOUT
ABOUT
Kawasaki
Gas Turbine
Standby
Generator Sets
Kawasaki Gas Turbine, cultivated through jet engine technology, is trusted worldwide.
For 50 years, Kawasaki has developed, designed, and maintained jet engines. Kawasaki’s Gas Turbine Standby Generator Sets inherit the technology accumulated from these jet engines. Using state-of-the-art fluid dynamics and analysis techniques, the mechanisms, individual blades and rotors, as well as combustion technology, have been meticulously designed. This allows for high output and efficiency as well as reliability and durability despite its compact size. Moreover, Japan as a country where we experience frequent natural disasters such as typhoons and earthquakes, Kawasaki’s Standby Gas Turbine Generator Sets record is a remarkable 99.9% start-up rate during emergencies, demonstrating its exceptional reliability as an emergency power generator.
Issues
Issues
Challenges that Data Centers
are facing today
As the digital technology-driven transformation becomes increasingly recognized and commonplace across all
industry sectors, demand and its importance in data centers is growing every day. The enhancement of
equipment performance and density in data centers, along with the efficient and safe operation of
facilities and service provision, are increasingly vital.
As a result, the reliability of the power
supply is becoming a critical concern.
Furthermore, companies operating large-scale facilities like
offices, factories, and data centers in densely populated urban areas, find that securing the land to
construct such facilities and consideration to surrounding environments, such as black smoke from exhaust
duct, is becoming more difficult. At the same time, rising land prices are impacting operational costs and
are a concern of the investors. Especially for data centers that manage massive amounts of data the need
of a substantial power capacity is great.
High reliability
While power supply infrastructure varies by country and region, stable power supply is critical for all data centers. Even in the recent extreme weather events, natural disasters, or any form of human-caused disruptions, uninterrupted operation is expected from data centers operators, where secured and stable power supply is essential.
High performance and efficiency
The overall data volume on internet and cloud is expected to have further
increasingly development, due to the spread of future generation AI. And at the same time,
implementation of cloud computing services in enterprises, and the spread of smartphones devices,
correspondingly, data centers will also see an tremendous increasing trend of data to be handled at data
centers, where server density and power consumption will also increase tremendously.
As server
density increases, the design of data centers will become more sophisticated and complex, where
requiring higher-capacity power supply solutions becomes crucial point.
Space-saving
With rising land prices in urban areas, the feasibility of data centers depends on
how effectively limited land can be used. Generators that can reliably supply necessary power in an
emergency, while keeping space minimized are becoming important.
Facing these challenges, with it’s
compact size, high output, high reliability in startups and favorable frequency characteristics compared
to diesel generators, Gas Turbines Generator Sets as an emergency power supply are gaining recognition
as an alternative back-up power standard.
benefits
8Benefits
of Kawasaki Standby Gas
Turbine Generator Sets
Kawasaki’s emergency gas turbines will resolve the challenges that data centers face, with its’ eight distinctive features.
Compact Package
Compared to diesel power generation facilities, reduction up to 60% of the space and 50% of the weight can be optimized. This enables installations in limited spaces, such as but not limited to rooftops or on floors underground, allowing for effective use of constrained areas.
High Power Density
Compared to diesel generators, Kawasaki offers a versatile product lineup capable of output ranging from 1600kW to 4800kW per unit.
High Startup
Reliability
Japan, as a country prone to natural disasters, such as earthquakes, our generator sets has recorded high start-up reliability of 99.9%*, ensuring your safety and protection of your important assets.
99.9% Startup Reliability!
The Great East Japan Earthquake(Mar. 11, 2011)
On March 11, 2011, the earthquake with 7.9 on the Richter scale hit the East Japan area, casing a backout that hit about 3 million households in this area. In the area of the blackout, 1034 units out of 1035 successfully worked.
* Due to improper maintenance by its owner.
Kawasaki GPS has proved its high startup reliability with actual performance in the disastrous situations.
* Due to improper maintenance by its owner.
point 04
Low Noise
The gas turbine noise levels compared to the diesel generator, can reduce the noise level to minimum of 55dBA (Standard at 85 dBA). This relatively low noise capability may enable compliance with the local noise regulations and may allow reduced impact on the local environment, especially for urban areas.
point 05
Low Vibration
Reciprocating
Turbine
point 06
Easy
Maintenance
Compared to diesel generators, the Gas Turbine does not require cooling water. Also it does not require a load bank testing during annual maintenance operation.
FREE
Load bank
point 07
Fuel Variety
A variety of fuels, such as diesel, natural gas, and more can be used. For inquiries about the suitability of specific fuels, please feel free to contact us.
point 08
Market Share
We hold a 90% market share in Standby Gas Turbine Generator sets for data centers in Japan, with a record of installations in nearly 500 locations. We consider these achievements as a testament to the trust we have built with our customers for 50 years.
Kawasaki Standby Generator Sets
Kawasaki Akashi & Seishin Works
case
study
Case Study
Kawasaki Standby Gas Turbine Protects Large Data Center Supporting Yahoo’s Business
Nobuhito Matsuo
Manager & Kitakyushu
Data Center Manager
Data Center Management & IDC Division, Data Center
Site Operation,
System Management Group
Technology Group / Yahoo Japan Corporation
Yahoo Japan’s massive data center is a key hub for its e-commerce, shopping, and advertising businesses covering the western Japan area. The 13 Kawasaki Gas Turbine GPS 3500 (2,800 kW) has been protecting this critical infrastructure as standby generators for more than 13 years. As a pioneer in gas turbine standby generators, Kawasaki has delivered more than 8,100 units worldwide since the development of the first unit in 1972, and maintains the No. 1 market share of gas turbine generators for data centers in Japan.
When the data center was first designed, Mr. Matsuo compared a gas turbine generator to a reciprocating diesel generator. In the process, it is common for diesel generators to be installed in a dedicated room, but gas turbine generators can be installed outdoors or on a roof because noise reduction measures are more easily achieved without the need for a dedicated room. Since the gas turbine generator is compact and has a large output, the company was able to maximize the space in the data hall because of the smaller footprint of the generators. These advantages were highly valued and are a key reason the gas turbine was selected over the diesel generator.
Yahoo has appreciated the high reliability of the Kawasaki Gas Turbine since the first units were installed in the data center, but the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 has made Yahoo even more confident in their decision. During the blackout caused by the worst earthquake and tsunami in Japan’s history, 99.9% of Kawasaki gas turbines installed in the affected area started successfully, fulfilling its obligation to supply electricity to important facilities. Mr. Matsuo said, “I do not see any reason to change the Kawasaki gas turbine in future expansion plans.”
Finally, Mr. Matsuo commented, “To keep Yahoo running, the data center must operate without power outages. The Kawasaki gas turbine is an essential tool to achieve that mission.”
line up
The Product
Lineup
of Kawasaki Standby
Turbine Generators Sets
Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ Standby Gas Turbine Generator Sets are designed in-house and built upon
technology accumulated over the 140-years of our history, and have a legacy of 50 years. The flagship GPS
series covers a wide range of output needs of our customers, accommodating larger outputs compared to
traditional diesel engines. Our Gas Turbine Generator Sets achieve the current demands of reliability,
space efficiency, and high-power density.
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Generator Output kW
General Conditions:
Ambient: 40degC, Altitude: 150 ASL
Global Network
Kawasaki has a presence in 12 countries around the world, forming a network capable of
providing sales,
engineering and maintenance for gas turbines.
Japan
- Japan
- China
- Korea
- Hong Kong
- USA
- Vietnam
- Thailand
- Taiwan
- Singapore
- Philippines
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
Japan
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.,
Tokyo Head Office
1-14-5, Kaigan, Minato-ku,Tokyo 105-8315, Japan
Phone: +81-3-3435-2579
Kawasaki Machine Systems, Ltd.
14-5, Kaigan, Minato-ku,Tokyo 105-8315, Japan
Phone: +81-3-3435-2977
Vietnam
Kawasaki Trading Co., Ltd., Ho Chi Minh Office
Room C-15, 25th Floor, Lim Tower, 9-11 Ton Duc Thang Street, Ben Nghe Ward, District.1, Ho Chi Minh
City, Vietnam
Phone: +84 28 3821 0872
Philippines
Kawasaki Trading Co., Ltd., Manila Office
Room 817 Peninsula Court Bldg., 8735 Paseo de Roxas corner Makati Avenue Makati City 1226, The
Philippines
Phone: +63-2-8869-0947
China
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Kawasaki Heavy Industries Management (Shanghai), Ltd.
10F, Chong Hing Finance Center, 288 Nanjing Road West, HuangpuDistrict, Shanghai, 200003 China
Phone:
+86-21-3366-3100
Kawasaki Energy System Solutions (Shandong) Ltd.
Room601 Bincheng Fund BLDG No5618 Taixiang Street Hanting District Weifang Shandong China
Thailand
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
28th FL, Sathorn Square Office Tower, 98 North Sathorn Road Silom, Bangrak Bangkok 10500, Thailand.
Indonesia
Kawasaki Gas Turbine Asia Sdn.Bhd.- Jakarta Representative Office
Sahid Sudirman Center Building Lantai 45 D & H, Jl. Jendral Surdirman No. 86 Kelurahan Karet Tengasin,
Kacamatan Tanah Abang, Jakarta Pusat 10220 Indonesia.
Phone: +62-21508-15125
Korea
Kawasaki Machine Systems, Ltd. Korea Branch
#1217 Yeoksam-dong Samsung Cheil B/D,Teheran-ro 309, Gangnam-gu,Seoul,06151,Korea
Phone:
+82-2-527-2201
Taiwan
Kawasaki Trading Co., Ltd., Kaohsiung Office
Room A1, 4th Floor, 6 Swei 3rd Road, LingyaChiu, Kaohsiung 802, Taiwan
Phone: +886-7-330-0937
Malaysia
Kawasaki Gas Turbine Asia Sdn.Bhd.
No. 12A, Jalan Tiang U8/92, Seksyen U8, Bukit Jelutong Industrial Park, 40150 Shah Alam, Selangor
Malaysia.
Phone: +60-3-7846-2882
Hong Kong
Kawasaki Trading Co., Ltd., Hong Kong Office
UnitB, 20th Floor, Redana Centre, 25 Yiu Wa Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Phone: +852-2812-0004
Singapore
Kawasaki Trading Co., Ltd., Singapore Office
6 Battery Road, #17-02, Singapore 049909
Phone: +65-6225-5133
USA
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (USA), Inc.
60 East 42nd Street, Suite 2001, New York, NY 10165
U.S.A.Phone: +1-917-475-1195
