CH 2 Part 1
CH 2 Part 1
Forecasting refers to the prediction of the load behavior for the future.
Basic parameters of a load: both power (MW, kW) and energy (MWh,
kWh)
Residential
Commercial
Industrial
Others (municipalities or division of state and federal governments
using energy for street and highway lighting).
Classifications
Of the three broad classes of loads, residential loads have the most
constant annual growth rate and the most seasonal fluctuation
Industrial loads are considered base loads that contain little weather-
dependent variation
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Load Curve gives:
Variation of load during different time
Total number of units generated
Maximum demand
Average load on a power station
Load factor
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The area under the load curve gives the Total energy
supplied on that day.
Load duration curve is also a graph between load and time in which
the ordinates representing the load are plotted in the order of
descending magnitude, that is, with the greatest load at the left, lesser
loads towards the right and the lowest load at the extreme right.
The load duration curve is derived from the load curve and therefore,
represents the same data as that of the load curve.
Load duration curve determines the percent (%) of system peak load.
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Load Factor:
Load factor of a system is the ratio of the average load over a given
period of time to the maximum demand (peak load) occurring in that
period.
Higher load factor means more uniform load pattern with less
variations in load. This is desirable from the point view of
maximum utilization of associated equipment which is selected on
the basis of maximum demand.
Ethiopias power system has a load factor of around 0.57 (in 2006).
The industrialized countries have a load factor higher than this.
60 Plants
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Baseload
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Cumulative Hours
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Example:
A system with a single power plant has the following daily load
variation
Question:
Since planning is our main concern and planning for addition of new
generation, transmission, and distribution facilities must begin 4-10 yr in
advance of the actual in-service date, we shall be concerned with the
methodology of intermediate-range forecasting.