DR Congo site power: paralleling, fuel burn and backup sizing

Site power in DR Congo runs mainly on diesel sets, rains arrive in two passes, March to May and September to November, and peak load often coincides with concreting, welding and dewatering, so capacity and paralleling must be fixed when quoting.

Size on maximum simultaneous demand plus 20%, and list large motor starting current separately; the surge when crane, batching plant and pumps start together is the usual blind spot.

The other is fuel quality: high-sulphur diesel wears injectors, and one fuel test before mobilisation costs far less than replacing them.

Log one week of load, size prime and standby from it, and fold fuel purchase, storage and spill control into site management. When applying this in DR Congo, have the local agent review it before it goes into the offer.