B.Sc. Engg. (EE), 8th Sem.

Date: August 17, 2016 (Afternoon)

ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (IUT)

ORGANISATION OF ISLAMIC COOPERATION (OIC)
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING
Mid-Semester Examination Summer Semester, A.Y. 2015-2016
Course No.: EEE 4803 Time: 90 Minutes
Course Title: Power Station Full Marks: 75
There are 4 (four) questions. Answer any 3 (three) questions. All questions carry equal marks.
Marks in the margin indicate full marks. Programmable calculators are not allowed. Do not write on
this question paper.
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1 a) What is meant by maximum demand of a plant? Can it be higher than the plant 05
. capacity? How would you supply power to the loads if the demand goes beyond
the plant capacity?

b) An electrical system experiences changes in load such that its daily load curve is 20
described as in Table 1 (b).

Table 1(b): Hourly load variation for a day

Time MW Time MW
00:00 / 12:00 20 12:30 P.M. 40
(Midnight)
2 A.M. 10 1 P.M. 50
6 A.M. 10 5 P.M. 50
8 A.M. 50 6 P.M. 70
11 A.M 50 00:00 / 12:00 20
(Midnight)

i) Plot the chronological load curve and load-duration curve for the system.
ii) Plot the load-energy curve for the system.
iii) Find the load factor.
iv) Calculate the utilization factor of the plant serving this load if its capacity
is 100 MW.

2 a) The input-output curve of a 50 MW generating station is defined by 20

. I 25 0.8 L 0.55 L2 , where I is in millions of BTU per hour and L is in
megawatts. Consider that the station was operating at a load of 50 MW for 16
hours and 10 MW for the remaining hours of the day.

i) Calculate the load factor, capacity factor and utilization factor.

ii) Draw the input-output curve with loading of 0, 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50 MW.
iii) Draw the corresponding heat rate curve, efficiency curve and incremental
rate curves.
iv) What is the input at zero loading? Is it zero? If not, why?

b) Mathematically show that at the minimum heat rate of a station the numerical 05
values of incremental rate and heat rate become equal.
3 A single unit station has one steam generator (boiler) supplying a 30 MW 25
. turbo-generator with all auxiliaries driven electrically. For practical purposes the
turbine input-output curve of Table 3 (a) may be considered linear between any
two loads mentioned in the table.

Table 3 (a): Input-Output values for the turbo-generator

Load, MW Input, 106 BTU per hr.
0 30
15 135
20 185
30 300

L3
I 15 1.05L
The steam-generator input-output curve is 900, 000 ,
where I and L are in millions of BTU per hour. With the turbine operating at zero
load the station auxiliaries require 500 kW; at full load they require 1,500 kW.

i) Calculate the station inputs at turbine gross MW loads of 10, 15, 20

and 30.
ii) Find out the net MW loads for each of the gross MW loads.
iii) Obtain the station input-output curve.
4 a) Define maximum protected demand and spinning reserve of a power station. 05
.

b) The capacities and order of efficiency of a six unit power station is presented in 20
Table 4 (b). Prepare a capacity scheduling chart for the power station considering
the system should be able to maintain the continuity of supply even with the
failure of the highest unit in operation. What is the maximum protected demand
for the station?

Table 4 (b): Unit capacities and order of efficiency

Unit No. Capacity, MW Order of Efficiency
1 5 6
2 10 5
3 20 3
4 40 2
5 30 1
6 50 4