柴油發(fā)電機的基本結(jié)構(gòu)是由柴油機和發(fā)電機組成，柴油機作動力帶動發(fā)電機發(fā)電。柴油機曲軸旋轉(zhuǎn)便帶動發(fā)電機轉(zhuǎn)動發(fā)電，發(fā)電機有直流發(fā)電機和交流發(fā)電機。柴油發(fā)電機組是柴油發(fā)動機與發(fā)電機（通常是交流發(fā)電機）的組合以產(chǎn)生電能。 柴油壓燃式發(fā)動機通常設(shè)計成在燃油上運行，但是有一些類型適用于其他液體燃料或天然氣。發(fā)電機組是將其他形式的能源轉(zhuǎn)換成電能的機械設(shè)備。

這套系統(tǒng)體積小、元件少（每一種信號由一個獨立的電路板轉(zhuǎn)化）、布局集中、便于監(jiān)視，而且有一部分溫度（如缸套水溫度、潤滑油溫度等）的控制采用PLC微電腦控制，自動化程度比較高。潤滑油壓力和缸套水壓力的控制就地直接采用壓力開關(guān)作用于跳機。盡管如此，該系統(tǒng)仍有一定的局限性。對于排氣溫度而言，只有單缸和平均溫度的差值報警，沒有單缸溫度超過設(shè)定值的報警，溫度無法實時顯示。傳統(tǒng)的自動記錄儀需要大量的打印紙，打印間隔太長，多種曲線擠在一起不易辯別，且無法數(shù)字化等。幾次渦輪增壓器損壞就是因為沒有及時發(fā)現(xiàn)溫度上升趨勢致使氣閥損壞而打壞渦輪增壓器的。

The basic structure of a diesel generator consists of a diesel engine and a generator, with the diesel engine driving the generator to generate electricity. The rotation of the crankshaft in a diesel engine drives the generator to generate electricity, which can be divided into DC and AC generators. A diesel generator set is a combination of a diesel engine and a generator (usually an AC generator) to generate electrical energy. Diesel compression ignition engines are typically designed to run on fuel, but there are some types that are suitable for other liquid fuels or natural gas. A generator set is a mechanical device that converts other forms of energy into electrical energy.

This system has a small size, few components (each signal is converted by an independent circuit board), centralized layout, easy monitoring, and some temperature control (such as cylinder liner water temperature, lubricating oil temperature, etc.) is controlled by PLC microcomputer, with a relatively high degree of automation. The control of lubricating oil pressure and cylinder liner water pressure is directly applied locally through pressure switches to trip the machine. However, the system still has certain limitations. For exhaust temperature, only the difference between single cylinder and average temperature alarm is triggered, and there is no alarm for single cylinder temperature exceeding the set value, so the temperature cannot be displayed in real time. Traditional automatic recorders require a large amount of printing paper, long printing intervals, multiple curves squeezed together that are difficult to distinguish, and cannot be digitized. Several times the turbocharger was damaged because the temperature rise trend was not detected in time, resulting in valve damage and damaging the turbocharger.