Calculate daily load factornbsp plant capacity factor and


A power station has a daily load cycle as under :

260 MW for 6 hours ; 200 MW for 8 hours : 160 MW for 4 hours, 100 MW for 6 hours.

If the power station is equipped with 4 sets of 75 MW each, calculate

(i) daily load factor

(ii) plant capacity factor and

(iii) daily requirement if the calorific value of oil used were 10,000 kcal/kg and the average heat rate of station were 2860 kcal/kWh.

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