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Question

The maximum demand of a consumer is 2 kW and his daily energy consumption is 24 units. His load factor is ______.

The correct answer is

50%

The period is daily, which means the total number of hours in the period is 24 hours. The calculated load factor is 50%. This means that, on average, the consumer utilized 50% of their maximum demand capacity over the 24-hour period.

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Important Questions from Economies of Power Generation

  1. Domestic consumer load is around:

  2. When the rate of electrical energy is charged on the basis of maximum demand of the consumer and the units consumed, it is called:

  3. A power plant has the annual factors given as: load factor = 70 percent, Capacity factor = 50 percent, Use factor = 60 percent. If maximum demand is 20 MW, find the reserve capacity over and above the peak load.

  4. Which of the following is not a type of tariff?

  5. How is energy performance of a plant measured?

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