PROBLEM EXERCISE: 1. A power plant is said to have had a use factor of 48.5% and a capacity factor of 42.4%. How many hours did it operate during the year? (answer 7660 hrs) 2. A 50 000kw steam plant delivers an output of 238 000 000kw-hr with a peak load of 42 860kw. (a) What is the annual load factor? (b) what is the capacity factor? (answer 63.4%, 54.3%) 3. The annual peak load on 15000-kw power plant is 10500kw. Two substations are supplied by this plant. Annual energy dispatched through substation A is 27 500 000 kw-hr with a peak at 8900kw, while 16 500 000 are sent through B with a peak at 6650kw. Neglect line losses. Find (A) Diversity factor between substations and (B) Capacity factor of the power plant. (answer 1.48, 0.335)