// 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 7: TARIFFS AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS IN POWER GENERATION // EXAMPLE : 7.20 : // Page number 81 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data h = 30.0 // Mean head(m) area_catch = 250.0 // Catchment area(Square km) average_rain = 1.25 // Average rainfall per annum(m) utilized_rain = 0.7 // Rainfall utilized LF = 0.8 // Expected load factor n_turbine = 0.9 // Mechanical efficiency of turbine n_gen = 0.95 // Efficiency of generator // Calculations water_avail = utilized_rain*area_catch*10**6*average_rain // Water available(m^3) sec_year = 365.0*24*60*60 // Total seconds in a year Q = water_avail/sec_year // Quantity available per second(m^3) i.e Discharge(m^3/sec) w = 1000.0 // Density of water(kg/m^3) n = n_turbine*n_gen // Overall efficiency P = 0.736/75*Q*w*h*n // Average output of generator units(kW) rating_gen = P/LF // Rating of generator(kW) rating_gen_each = rating_gen/2.0 // Rating of each generator(kW) rating_turbine = rating_gen/2*(1/(0.736*n_gen)) // Rating of each turbine(metric hp) // Results disp("PART I - EXAMPLE : 7.20 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nChoice of units are:") printf("\n 2 generators each having maximum rating of %.f kW ", rating_gen_each) printf("\n 2 propeller turbines each having maximum rating of %.f metric hp \n", rating_turbine) printf("\nNOTE: Changes in obtained answer from that of textbook answer is due to more precision here')