Economics of Power Generation When the demand of consumer is not met by a power plant, it will resort to which of the following? Efficient plant operation Power factor improvement at the generators Load shedding Penalising high load consumers by increasing the charges for electricity Efficient plant operation Power factor improvement at the generators Load shedding Penalising high load consumers by increasing the charges for electricity ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Economics of Power Generation Load factor of a power station is defined as average load x maximum demand average load/maximum demand (average load x maximum demand)172 maximum demand/average load average load x maximum demand average load/maximum demand (average load x maximum demand)172 maximum demand/average load ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Economics of Power Generation A load draws a power of 10 kW at a power factor of 0.707 lagging. The lagging kVAR drawn from the supply will be 20 kVAR 10 kVAR 15kVAR 5 kVAR 20 kVAR 10 kVAR 15kVAR 5 kVAR ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Economics of Power Generation For a diesel generating station the useful life is expected to be around 50 to 75 years 15 to 20 years 75 to 100 years 20 to 50 years 50 to 75 years 15 to 20 years 75 to 100 years 20 to 50 years ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Economics of Power Generation Which of the following is not necessarily an advantage of interconnecting various power stations? Increased reliability Reduction in total installed capacity Economy in operation of plants Improved frequency of power supplied Increased reliability Reduction in total installed capacity Economy in operation of plants Improved frequency of power supplied ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
Economics of Power Generation A synchronous condenser improve p. f. by taking Leading kVAR None of the listed here Lagging kVAR Both leading and lagging kVAR Leading kVAR None of the listed here Lagging kVAR Both leading and lagging kVAR ANSWER DOWNLOAD EXAMIANS APP
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