PPE PROBLEM SET #13 VARIABLE LOADS

INSTRUCTION: Encircle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer of your choice.

MULTIPLE CHOICES:

1. A daily load curve which exhibited a 15-min peak of 6520 KW is drawn to scale of 1”=4hr and
1”=1000KW. The area under the curve is measured by planimeter and found to be 12.17 in2. The
load factor based on 15-min peak will be?
a. 32.1% b. 31.2% c. 21.3% d. 23.1%
2. A generating station has a maximum demand of 25MW, a load factor of 60%, a plant capacity factor
of 50% and a plant use factor of 72%. Find the reserve capacity of the plant the plant while running
as per schedule were fully loaded.
a. 5MW b. 7MW c. 10MW d. 15MW
3. A generating station has a maximum demand of 25MW, a load factor of 60%, a plant capacity factor
of 50% and a plant use factor of 72%. Find the daily energy produced if the plant while running as
per schedule were fully loaded.
a. 270MWh b. 300MWh c. 360MWh d. 400MWh
4. A generating station has a maximum demand of 25MW, a load factor of 60%, a plant capacity factor
of 50% and a plant use factor of 72%. Find the maximum energy that could be produced daily if the
plant while running as per schedule were fully loaded.
a. 400MWh b. 500MWh c. 600MWh d. 700MWh
5. A diesel station supplies the ff: loads to various consumers.
Industrial consumer - 1500kw
Commercial establishment - 750kw
domestic power - 100kw
domestic light - 450kw
If the maximum demand on the station is 2500kw and the number of kwh generated per year is 45
x105, determine the diversity factor?
a. 1.12 b. 0.89 c. 1.56 d. 121%
6. A diesel station supplies the ff: loads to various consumers.
Industrial consumer - 1500kw
Commercial establishment - 750kw
domestic power - 100kw
domestic light - 450kw
If the maximum demand on the station is 2500kw and the number of kwh generated per year is 45
x105, determine the annual load factor?
a. 18.5% b. 20.5% c. 32.1% d. 35.2%
7. A power station has a maximum demand of 15MW. The annual load factor is 50% and plant capacity
factor is 40%. Determine the reserve capacity of the plant.
a. 1750kw b. 2750kw c. 3750kw d. 4750kw
8. A generating station has a connected load of 40MW and a maximum demand of 20MW. The units
being generated is 60 x 106 kwh. Calculate the demand factor.
 a. 0.25 b. 0.5 c. 0.75 d. 0.9
9. A generating station has a connected load of 40MW and a maximum demand of 20MW. The units
being generated is 60 x 106 kwh. Calculate the Load factor.
a. 0.243 b. 0.279 c. 0.342 d. 0.435
10. A generating station has a peak load of 20MW, a load factor of 60%, a plant capacity factor of 48%
and a plant use factor of 80%. Find the reserve capacity of the plant.
a. 5MW b. 10MW c. 12MW d. 15MW
11. A generating station has a peak load of 20MW, a load factor of 60%, a plant capacity factor of 48%
and a plant use factor of 80%. Find the daily energy produced.
a. 112MWh b. 288MWh c. 312MWh d. 486MWh
12. A generating station has a peak load of 20MW, a load factor of 60%, a plant capacity factor of 48%
and a plant use factor of 80%. Find the maximum energy that could be produced in a day.
a. 120MWh b. 240MWh c. 360MWh d. 480MWh
13. What is the daily average load in a certain power plant if the daily energy produced is 500MWh?
a. 13.80MW b. 20.83MW c. 23.80MW d. 28.30MW
14. What is the annual capacity factor of the plant if the annual energy produced in a a150MW power
plant is 500,000MWh?
a. 0.183 b. 0.138 c. 0.381 d. 0.461
15. The maximum demand of 8000kW in a daily load curve is drawn to scale of 1” = 5 hr and 1” =
1000kW. The area measured in planimeter is found to be 15 sq. inch. Find the load factor.
a. 0.381 b. 0.391 c. 0.421 d. 0.526
16. A diesel power plant has a usage factor of 80% and a capacity factor of 58%. How many hours did it
operate during the year?
a. 6351 b. 4615 c. 7623 c. 8760
17. The annual energy produced in a 400MW power plant is 640000000kwh. What is the annual
capacity factor of the plant?
a. 0.06% b. 18.26% c. 21.23% d. 31.2%
18. An 80MW steam power plant has an average load of 42,500kW and a load factor of 60%. Find the
reserve over peak.
a. 70833kW b. 80MW c. 78.83MW d. 9.17MW
19. Calculate the use factor of 155MW plant with a load factor of 85% and 150MW peak load. The
operation is limited to 8500 hours a year.
a. 0.648 b. 0.848 c. 0.248 d. 0.486
20. Demand of 75MW is said to be at maximum in a geothermal power plant which has a load factor of
80% and a capacity factor of 48%. Estimate the plant capacity.
a. 60MW b. 95MW c. 125MW d. 155MW
21. A given equipment consumes 3500 kwh per month at 15% rated plant capacity. It operates at 24
hrs.,30 days a month. What is the rated capacity?
a. 12.5kw b. 16.4kw c. 28.3kw d. 32.4kw
22. A simple Rankine cycle produces 60MW of power, 70MW of process heat and rejects 80MW of heat
to the surroundings. What is the utilization factor of this cogeneration cycle neglecting the pump
work?
 a. 16.9% b. 26.7% c. 46.1% d. 61.9%
23. A 40MW power plant has an average load of 30MW and a load factor of 71%. Find the reserve over
peak?
a. -2.25MW b. 0 c. 2.25MW d. 12.25MW
24. The annual energy produced in a 110 MW power plant is 348,000,000 KW-hrs. What is the annual
capacity factor of the plant?
a. 2.77 b. 0.36 c. 0.58 d. 0.75
25. A power plant has a use factor of 51% and capacity factor of 45%. How many hours did it operate
during the year?
a. 6245.23 b. 6876.32 c. 7729.41 d. 8715.25
26. A 50MW steam power plant delivers an annual output of 238 000 MWh with a peak load of 42 860
KW. What is the annual load factor?
a. 0.543 b. 0.634 c. 0.736 d. 0.423
27. A 50MW steam power plant delivers an annual output of 238 000 MWh with a peak load of 42 860
KW. What is the annual capacity factor?
a. 0.543 b. 0.634 c. 0.736 d.0.423
28. The maximum demand of 10MW in a daily load curve is drawn to scale of 1’=3 hr and 1’=1000kw.
The are measured in planimeter is found to be 20 sq. feet. Find the load factor.
a. 0.12 b. 0.19 c. 0.25 d.0.45
29. The power plant is said to have a use factor of 48.5% and annual capacity factor of 42.4%. How
many hours did it operate during this year?
a. 7729 b. 7658 c. 8725 d. 8760
30. A generating station has a peak load of 30MW, a load factor of 70%, a plant capacity factor of 60%
and a plant use factor of 90%. Find the reserve capacity of the plant .
a. 5MW b. 10MW c. 15MW d. 12MW
31. The annual peak load on a 15MW plant power is 10,500kW. Two substations are supplied by this
plant. Annual energy dispatched through substation A is 27,500,000kW per hr with a peak at 8900
kW, while 16,500,000 are sent through B with a peak at 6650kW. Neglect line losses. Find the
diversity factor between substation .
a. 0.598 b. 1.15 c. 1.48 d. 2.43
32. The annual peak load on a 15MW plant power is 10,500kW. Two substations are supplied by this
plant. Annual energy dispatched through substation A is 27,500,000kW per hr with a peak at 8900
kW, while 16,500,000 are sent through B with a peak at 6650kW. Neglect line losses. Find the
capacity factor of the power plant
a. 0.335 b. 0.468 c. 0.597 d. 0.725
33. The following are the annual factors of a certain power plant:
Load factor =60%
Capacity factor =43.5%
Use factor =46.9%
The reserve carried over and above the peak load is 9500kw. Find the installed capacity of the plant
in MW. Determine the annual energy production .
a. 81728.2MWh b. 111247.3MWh c. 131638.9MWh d. 215326.6MWh
34. The following are the annual factors of a certain power plant:
Load factor =60%
Capacity factor =43.5%
Use factor =46.9%
The reserve carried over and above the peak load is 9500kw. Find the installed capacity of the plant
in MW. Determine the hours per year not in service.
a. 8125 b. 7729 c. 1568 d. 635
35. A generating station has a peak load of 30MW, a load factor of 70%, a plant capacity factor of 60%
and a plant use factor of 90%. Find the daily energy produced.
a. 355MWh b. 415MWh c. 504MWh d. 595MWh
36. A generating station has a peak load of 30MW, a load factor of 70%, a plant capacity factor of 60%
and a plant use factor of 90%. Find the maximum energy that could be produced in a day.
a. 504MWh b. 560MWh c. 700MWh d. 812MWh
37. A central station is supplying energy to a community through two substation. One substation feeds
four distributing circuits; the other has six. The maximum daily record demands are :

Power station = 12,000kW

Substation A = 6000kW
Feeder 1 = 1700 kW
2 = 1800kW
3 = 2800 kW
4 = 600 kW
Substation B = 9000kW
Feeder 1 = 620kW
2 = 1500kW
3 = 1000kW
4 = 2900kW
5 = 2200kW
6 = 3000kW
Calculate the diversity factor between Substations.
a. 0.28 b. 0.58 c. 0.86 d. 1.25
38. A central station is supplying energy to a community through two substation. One substation feeds
four distributing circuits; the other has six. The maximum daily record demands are :

Power station = 12,000kW

Substation A = 6000kW
Feeder 1 = 1700 kW
2 = 1800kW
3 = 2800 kW
4 = 600 kW
Substation B = 9000kW
Feeder 1 = 620kW
2 = 1500kW
3 = 1000kW
4 = 2900kW
5 = 2200kW
 6 = 3000kW
Calculate the diversity factor between Feeders on substation A.
a. 1.15 b. 1.25 c. 1.35 d. 1.45
39. A central station is supplying energy to a community through two substation. One substation feeds
four distributing circuits; the other has six. The maximum daily record demands are :

Power station = 12,000kW

Substation A = 6000kW
Feeder 1 = 1700 kW
2 = 1800kW
3 = 2800 kW
4 = 600 kW
Substation B = 9000kW
Feeder 1 = 620kW
2 = 1500kW
3 = 1000kW
4 = 2900kW
5 = 2200kW
6 = 3000kW
Calculate the diversity factor between Feeders on substation B .
a. 1.15 b. 1.25 c. 1.35 d. 1.45