Abstract
This study involves life cycle cost analysis of portable gasoline generator brands mostly used for home power back up in Nigeria to guide the citizens’ choice during acquisition. A total of two thousand six hundred and twentyelectric power generating sets sampled from seventeen cities in Nigeria were evaluated by direct observation/descriptive experimental design. The evaluation parameters include initial or procurement, operation and maintenance costs, fuel consumption rate, operation period and residual value. Results showed Tiger, Sumec, Elemax, Elepaq and Jinjing as the most patronized brands of portable gasoline generators for home power back up in Nigeria major cities while 0.8 and 2.2KVA constitute the most used power ratings of the generators. Also 0.8KVA Sumec and 2.2KVA Elemax were revealed as most cost effective due to their comparative low life cycle cost of N26, 810 and N39,820 respectively.Keywords: Gasoline generator, life cycle cost, power back up, power outage
Highlights
The benefits of backup generators in maintaining residential comfort and safety during public power blackouts cannot be over emphasized
Ugwu et al, (2012) revealed that gasoline generators exhibit low cost of power generation and exergy loss in Nigeria when compared with diesel and natural gas powered ones respectively
The conflicting views of manufactures and end users on the cost performance economy of different brands of portable gasoline generators used in Nigeria, call to question of the best among them
Summary
The benefits of backup generators in maintaining residential comfort and safety during public power blackouts cannot be over emphasized. The increasing influx of different brands of portable gasoline generators in Nigeria due to incessant public power outage in this country. Tiger, Sumec Firman, Elepaq, Thermocool, Elemax, Jinjing and Lutian constitutes common brands of portable gasoline generators used in Nigeria (Lewis, 2019).
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