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    Economics of Power Generation

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    This document discusses different types of power plants including thermal, nuclear, hydraulic, gas turbine, and geothermal. It covers load-duration curves and factors like load factor, capacity factor, reserve factor, and diversity factor. Location factors for power plants include cooling water availability, fuel availability, distance to load centers, land costs, and infrastructure. Economics include fixed costs, operation and maintenance costs, fuel costs, and calculation of total annual costs. The Indian energy scenario and coal-fuelled electricity generating units are also briefly outlined.

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    This document discusses different types of power plants including thermal, nuclear, hydraulic, gas turbine, and geothermal. It covers load-duration curves and factors like load factor, capacity factor, reserve factor, and diversity factor. Location factors for power plants include cooling water availability, fuel availability, distance to load centers, land costs, and infrastructure. Economics include fixed costs, operation and maintenance costs, fuel costs, and calculation of total annual costs. The Indian energy scenario and coal-fuelled electricity generating units are also briefly outlined.

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    This document discusses different types of power plants including thermal, nuclear, hydraulic, gas turbine, and geothermal. It covers load-duration curves and factors like load factor, capacity factor, reserve factor, and diversity factor. Location factors for power plants include cooling water availability, fuel availability, distance to load centers, land costs, and infrastructure. Economics include fixed costs, operation and maintenance costs, fuel costs, and calculation of total annual costs. The Indian energy scenario and coal-fuelled electricity generating units are also briefly outlined.

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    This document discusses different types of power plants including thermal, nuclear, hydraulic, gas turbine, and geothermal. It covers load-duration curves and factors like load factor, capacity factor, reserve factor, and diversity factor. Location factors for power plants include cooling water availability, fuel availability, distance to load centers, land costs, and infrastructure. Economics include fixed costs, operation and maintenance costs, fuel costs, and calculation of total annual costs. The Indian energy scenario and coal-fuelled electricity generating units are also briefly outlined.

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    INTRODUCTION

    Electricity is produced in power plants can be of the following


    types :

    • Thermal

    • Nuclear

    • Hydraulic

    • Gas turbine

    • Geothermal

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    LOAD–DURATION CURVES

    • A curve showing the load demand variations of consumers with


    respect to time is known as load curve.

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    1. Load factor,

    2. Capacity factor (or plant factor),

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    3. Reserve factor,

    4. Demand factor,

    5. Diversity factor,

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    LOCATION OF POWER PLANTS


    For conventional base load thermal power plants, the following factors
    are to be considered:
    • Availability of cooling water
    • Availability of fuel
    • Distance from the centre of gravity of load demand
    • Cost of land
    • Character of soil
    • Main wind direction and water currents in cooling water source (sea,
    lake or river)
    • With coal-fired stations, disposal of ash
    • If the plant is erected far from a town, accommodation for staff
    • Rail and road connections
    • Security considerations

    For nuclear power plants two additional factors are to be considered:


    • Density of population in the vicinity.
    • Danger of earthquakes. 7
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    POWER PLANT ECONOMICS

    The cost per kWhnet is determined by:


    • Fixed costs (FC), mainly interest, depreciation, insurance, taxes,
    depending on the capital invested, i.e. on the construction costs of
    the plant including the cost of the land.
    • Operation and maintenance (O & M) costs covering salaries and
    wages, overhauling of equipment, repairs including spare parts,
    water, lubricating oil, chemicals and miscellaneous expenses.
    • Fuel costs, dependent on the amount of electricity generated.
    • kWhnet of electricity sent out per year.

    Total annual costs (Ct) in a power plant

    The reliability of a power plant

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    Construction Costs

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    Fixed Costs and Depreciation


    Two methods of accumulating the money for the depreciation fund:

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    Present-Worth Concept

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    Incremental Heat Rate


    Performance of a generating plant

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    Economic Scheduling Principle


    According to the economic scheduling principle, the load is so
    distributed that at any moment all generating units will have the same
    incremental heat rates.

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    Effect of Load Factor on Cost per kWh

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    INDIAN ENERGY SCENARIO

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    COAL-FUELLED ELECTRICITY GENERATING UNIT

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    THE END

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