3. A yearly load duration curve of a gas turbine power plant is a straight line from 50,000 to 5,000 kW. The load is taken by a power plant that consists of two units of 30,000 kW each and one unit of 20,000 kW. Determine: (a) Installed capacity (b) Plant factor (c) Maximum demand (d) load factor and (e) utilization factor of the plant.

3. A yearly load duration curve of a gas turbine power plant is a straight line from 50,000 to 5,000 kW. The load is taken by a power plant that consists of two units of 30,000 kW each and one unit of 20,000 kW. Determine: (a) Installed capacity (b) Plant factor (c) Maximum demand (d) load factor and (e) utilization factor of the plant.

Power System Analysis and Design (MindTap Course List)

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Author:J. Duncan Glover, Thomas Overbye, Mulukutla S. Sarma

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Chapter2: Fundamentals

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