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    Economics OF Power Generation

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    This document defines important terms related to power generation economics, including connected load, maximum load, demand factor, average load, load factor, plant capacity factor, utilization factor, reserve factor, diversity factor, and plant use factor. It also describes load curves and load duration curves. Load curves graphically represent power demands over time and the area under the curve represents energy generated. Different types of loads are also defined, such as residential, commercial, industrial, municipal, irrigation, and traction loads.

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    Economics OF Power Generation

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    This document defines important terms related to power generation economics, including connected load, maximum load, demand factor, average load, load factor, plant capacity factor, utilization factor, reserve factor, diversity factor, and plant use factor. It also describes load curves and load duration curves. Load curves graphically represent power demands over time and the area under the curve represents energy generated. Different types of loads are also defined, such as residential, commercial, industrial, municipal, irrigation, and traction loads.

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    This document defines important terms related to power generation economics, including connected load, maximum load, demand factor, average load, load factor, plant capacity factor, utilization factor, reserve factor, diversity factor, and plant use factor. It also describes load curves and load duration curves. Load curves graphically represent power demands over time and the area under the curve represents energy generated. Different types of loads are also defined, such as residential, commercial, industrial, municipal, irrigation, and traction loads.

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    Economics OF Power Generation

    Uploaded by

    Jerry Andrews
    This document defines important terms related to power generation economics, including connected load, maximum load, demand factor, average load, load factor, plant capacity factor, utilization factor, reserve factor, diversity factor, and plant use factor. It also describes load curves and load duration curves. Load curves graphically represent power demands over time and the area under the curve represents energy generated. Different types of loads are also defined, such as residential, commercial, industrial, municipal, irrigation, and traction loads.

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    ECONOMICS

    OF
    POWER
    GENERATION
    Important terms and definitions:
    Connected load:
    It is the combined continuous rating of all the
    receiving apparatus on consumer’s premises.
    If a consumer has connections for 3 lamps of 40
    watts each, and power point of 500W for
    refrigerator and TV consuming 60W, then the
    total connected load of the consumer =
    3x40+500+60 = 680W
    Maximum Load /demand: It is the maximum
    load which is used a consumer at any time. It can
    be less than or equal to connected load.
    Demand factor: It is the ratio of maximum load
    to consumer load.
    Average load= energy consumed in 24 hrs
     Load factor = average load / Peak load
     Plant Capacity factor (Plant load factor)
    = actual energy produced in kWh
    Rated capacity of the plant
    = E/Cxt
    = Peak load x load factor/plant capacity
    = Use factor x load factor
    Where, E = Energy produced in kWh
    C = capacity of the plant in kW
    t = Total number of hours in given period.
    Utilization factor= Maximum load_____
    rated capacity of the plant
    Reserve factor = ___Load factor___
    capacity factor
    Diversity factor= sum of individual maximum demand
    actual peak load of the system
    Plant use factor = actual energy produced in given time period
    maximum possible energy produced by the plant
    Load curve
    It is a graphical representation which show the
    power demands for every instant during a certain
    time period.
    It is drawn between load in kW and time in hours.
    If it is plotted for 1 hr, it is called hourly load curve
    and if the time is considered of 24 hours, then it is
    called daily load curve. When it is plotted for one
    year then it is called annual load curve.
    The area under the load curve represents the
    energy generted in the period considered.
    Load curve
    Load duration curve
    Types of loads
    Residential load
    Commercial load
    Industrial load
    Municipal load
    Irrigation load
    Traction load

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