FUNDAMENTALS OF POWER PLANT DESIGN – FINALS
1. ___________ is an industrial facility which houses the
necessary equipment, such as prime mover, electric
generators, and auxiliaries, to generate electrical energy
from primary energy such as mechanical, chemical,
nuclear, etc.
2. __________ power plant generally uses heat as the main
source of energy to produce electricity.
3. __________ power plant makes use of flowing water to
produce electricity.
4. __________ power plant uses diesel to fuel an internal
combustion (IC) engine prime mover.
5. __________ power plant absorbs kinetic energy from wind
to generate electricity which is a renewable energy source
and environment friendly.
6. __________ power plant uses the natural rise and fall of
the tides to generate electricity which is also renewable
and environment friendly.
7-10.) ESSAY: The importance of a power plant. (4 sentences or
more.)
Solving:
1. A power plant consumes 3,600 tons of coal per day. If the
coal has an average energy content of 10,000 BTU/lb, what
is the plant’s power output? Assume an overall efficiency
of 15 percent.
2. A hydroelectric generating station is supplied form a
reservoir of capacity 5 x 10^6 m^3 at a head of 200 meters.
Find the total energy available in KWHR if the overall
efficiency is 75%.
3. A small wind generator is designed to generate 50kW of
power at a wind velocity of 25miles per hour. What is the
approximate blade diameter?
4. A generating station is to supply four regions of load whose
peak loads are 10 MW, 5 MW, 8 MW and 7 MW. The
diversity factor at the station is 1.5 and the average annual
load factor is 60%. Calculate the annual energy supplied by
the station.
5. A power plant is said to have a use factor of 48.5% and a
capacity factor of 42.4%. How many hours did it operate
during the year?
6. A 100 MW power station delivers 100MW for 2 hours, 50
MW for 8 hours and is shut down for the rest of each day.
It is also shut down for maintenance for 60 days each year.
Calculate its annual load factor.
7. A power station has a peak demand of 80 MW and load
factor of 0.60. If the capacity factor is 50% and utilization
factor is 80%, find the daily energy produced in MWHR.
8. The power plant demand of 90 MW, capacity factor of
0.50, use factor of 0.60 and load factor of 0.60. Find the
plant installed capacity.
9. A generating station supplies peak loads of 12000KW,
9000KW and 6000KW. Calculate the maximum demand of
the station and the energy is supplies in a year if its
diversity factor and its average annual load factor is 1.2
and 70%.
10. The total generating capacity of a power plant is 1600KVA.
The total connected load is 2500Kva. Average load is 1145
KVA. The maximum power demand is 1150KVA. What is
the plant factor?
FUNDAMENTALS OF POWER PLANT DESIGN – FINALS
1. ___________ is an industrial facility which houses the
necessary equipment, such as prime mover, electric
generators, and auxiliaries, to generate electrical energy
from primary energy such as mechanical, chemical,
nuclear, etc.
2. __________ power plant generally uses heat as the main
source of energy to produce electricity.
3. __________ power plant makes use of flowing water to
produce electricity.
4. __________ power plant uses diesel to fuel an internal
combustion (IC) engine prime mover.
5. __________ power plant absorbs kinetic energy from wind
to generate electricity which is a renewable energy source
and environment friendly.
6. __________ power plant uses the natural rise and fall of
the tides to generate electricity which is also renewable
and environment friendly.
7-10.) ESSAY: The importance of a power plant. (4 sentences or
more.)
Solving:
1. A power plant consumes 3,600 tons of coal per day. If the
coal has an average energy content of 10,000 BTU/lb, what
is the plant’s power output? Assume an overall efficiency
of 15 percent.
2. A hydroelectric generating station is supplied form a
reservoir of capacity 5 x 10^6 m^3 at a head of 200 meters.
Find the total energy available in KWHR if the overall
efficiency is 75%.
3. A small wind generator is designed to generate 50kW of
power at a wind velocity of 25miles per hour. What is the
approximate blade diameter?
4. A generating station is to supply four regions of load whose
peak loads are 10 MW, 5 MW, 8 MW and 7 MW. The
diversity factor at the station is 1.5 and the average annual
load factor is 60%. Calculate the annual energy supplied by
the station.
5. A power plant is said to have a use factor of 48.5% and a
capacity factor of 42.4%. How many hours did it operate
during the year?
6. A 100 MW power station delivers 100MW for 2 hours, 50
MW for 8 hours and is shut down for the rest of each day.
It is also shut down for maintenance for 60 days each year.
Calculate its annual load factor.
7. A power station has a peak demand of 80 MW and load
factor of 0.60. If the capacity factor is 50% and utilization
factor is 80%, find the daily energy produced in MWHR.
8. The power plant demand of 90 MW, capacity factor of
0.50, use factor of 0.60 and load factor of 0.60. Find the
plant installed capacity.
9. A generating station supplies peak loads of 12000KW,
9000KW and 6000KW. Calculate the maximum demand of
the station and the energy is supplies in a year if its
diversity factor and its average annual load factor is 1.2
and 70%.
10. The total generating capacity of a power plant is 1600KVA.
The total connected load is 2500Kva. Average load is 1145
KVA. The maximum power demand is 1150KVA. What is
the plant factor?