// 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 : 7.3 : // Page number 73 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data cap_baseload = 400.0*10**3 // Installed capacity of base load plant(kW) cap_standby = 50.0*10**3 // Installed capacity of standby unit(kW) output_baseload = 101.0*10**6 // Annual baseload station output(kWh) output_standby = 87.35*10**6 // Annual standby station output(kWh) peakload_standby = 120.0*10**3 // Peak load on standby station(kW) hours_use = 3000.0 // Hours of standby station use/year(hrs) // Calculations // Case(i) LF_1 = output_standby*100/(peakload_standby*hours_use) // Annual load factor(%) hours_year = 365.0*24 // Total hours in a year CF_1 = output_standby*100/(cap_standby*hours_year) // Annual capacity factor(%) // Case(ii) peakload_baseload = peakload_standby // Peak load on baseload station(kW) LF_2 = output_baseload*100/(peakload_baseload*hours_use) // Annual load factor on baseload station(%) hours_year = 365.0*24 // Total hours in a year CF_2 = output_baseload*100/(cap_baseload*hours_year) // Annual capacity factor on baseload station(%) // Results disp("PART I - EXAMPLE : 7.3 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nCase(i) : Standby Station") printf("\n Annual load factor = %.2f percent", LF_1) printf("\n Annual capacity factor = %.2f percent\n", CF_1) printf("\nCase(ii): Base load Station") printf("\n Annual load factor = %.2f percent", LF_2) printf("\n Annual capacity factor = %.2f percent\n", CF_2) printf("\nNOTE: Incomplete solution in the textbook") ;