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During a certain week a power plant turns out 84,00,000 kWh and the peak load during the week is 100,000 kW. What is the load factor during the week?

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During a certain week a power plant turns out 84,00,000 kWh and the peak load during the week is 100,000 kW. What is the load factor during the week?

(a) 40%

(b) 45%

(c) 50%

(d) 60%

This question was posed to me in an internship interview.

My query is from Hydropower topic in portion Hydro Electric Power of Irrigation Engineering

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Correct choice is (c) 50%

Best explanation: Load factor can be defined as the ratio of average load to the peak load over a given period.

Average load = 84,000,000 / (24 x 7) = 50,000 kW

L.F = Average load / Peak load = 50,000 / 100,000 = 0.5 or 50%.

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