// A Texbook on POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING // A.Chakrabarti, M.L.Soni, P.V.Gupta, U.S.Bhatnagar // DHANPAT RAI & Co. // SECOND EDITION // PART I : GENERATION // CHAPTER 3: HYDRO-ELECTRIC STATIONS // EXAMPLE : 3.4 : // Page number 41-42 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data load_factor = 0.15 // Load factor P = 10.0*10**3 // Rated installed capacity(kW) H = 50.0 // Head of plant(m) n = 0.8 // Efficiency of plant //Calculation units_day = P*load_factor // Total units generated daily on basis of load factor(kWhr) units_week = units_day*24.0*7 // Total units generated for one week(kWhr) Q = units_week/(9.81*H*n*24*7) // Minimum flow of water(cubic mt/sec) //Result disp("PART I - EXAMPLE : 3.4 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nMinimum flow of river water to operate the plant, Q = %.3f cubic mt/sec", Q)