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UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS
DEPARTMENT of ELECTRICAL and ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
SECOND SEMESTER of 2013/2014 ACADEMIC SESSION
B.Sc. (Hons) Electrical & Electronics Engineering Degree C/A
EEG 501: POWER SYSTEMS ECONOMICS AND OPERATION
INSTRUCTIONS:
1 Fill in your name, matriculation number and signature in ALL spaces provided for them
2 Attempt ALL Questions in section A and ANY Question in section B in your answer
booklet(s).

Date: MAY, 2014. Time Allowed:

1 State eight (8) advantages and eight (8) disadvantages of a Steam Power Plant.
2 State eight (8) factors considered in selecting site for a steam Power Plant for economic and efficient
generation of power.
3 Sketch the schematic arrangement of a coal fired Steam Power Plant.
4 A Steam Power Plant of 10MW capacity uses coal of calorific value of 6400kCal/kg. The station
thermal efficiency and the electrical generation efficiency are 30% and 92% respectively. Calculate
the quantity of coal required per hour when the plant is working at full load.
5 State eight (8) advantages and six (6) disadvantages of a Nuclear Power Plant..
6 State five (5) factors considered in selecting site for a Nulear Power Plant for economic and efficient
generation of power.
7 Sketch the schematic arrangement of a Nuclear Power Plant.
8 A hydroelectric power station has a reservoir of 2.4km2 area and a capacity of 5 x 106 m3. The
effective head of water is 100m. The penstock, turbine and generator efficiencies are respectively
95%, 90% and 85%. Calculate the (a) total electrical energy that can be generated from power
station. (b) fall in the reservoir level if a load has been supplied for three hours.
9. A run-off river hydroelectric power plant with pondage has the following data:
Installed capacity = 10MW; Water head = 20m; Overall efficiency = 80%; Load factor = 40%.
Calculate the river discharge in m3/s required for the plant. (b) If on a particular day, the river flow is 20m3/s,
what load factor can the plant supply?
10. An atomic power reactor can deliver 300MW. If due to fission of each atom of U-235, the energy
released is 200MeV, calculate the mass of U-235 fissioned per hour.
11. Calculate the output power of a U-235 reactor if it takes 30 days to use up 2kg of fuel given that
energy released is 200MeV. Avogadro’s number is 6.023 x 1023 per kilomole. And 1eV = 1.602 x 10-19J.
12. List twenty (20) electrical equipment in power plants. State a function of each of the equipment.
13. Define the following terms: (a) (i) Load curve (ii) Load duration curve (iii) Integrated load duration
curve (b) (i) Connected load (ii) Maximum Demand (iii) Demand Factor (iv) Average load (v) Load factor
(vi) Diversity factor (vii) Plant capacity factor (viii) Plant use factor or Plant operating factor (ix) Coincident
factor (x) Utilization factor (xi) Installed capacity (c) (i) Cold reserve (ii) Operating reserve (iii) Spinning
reserve.
14. State six (6) information that can be obtained from a load curve.
15. List six (6) types of load that draw electric energy from electrical power system.
16. A generating station has a maximum demand of 25MW, a load factor of 60%, a plant capacity factor
of 50% and a plant use factor of 72%. Calculate the (a) reserve capacity of the plant (b) daily energy
produced and (c) maximum energy that could be produced daily if the plant, while running as per schedule,
were fully loaded.
17. A generating power station has a maximum demand of 15MW. The load factor of 50%, and plant
capacity factor is 40% and a plant use factor of 72%. Calculate the reserve capacity of the plant.

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18. A power supply is having the following loads:
Load Type Maximum Demand Diversity Factor Demand factor
(kW)
Domestic 1500 1.2 0.8
Commercial 2000 1.1 0.9
Industrial 10 000 1.25 1.0
If the overall system diversity factor is 1.35, calculate the (a) maximum demand and (b) connected load of
each type.
19. A power supply is having the following daily load cycle:

Time (Hrs) 0 - 6 6 - 10 10 - 12 12 - 16 16 - 20 20 - 24
Load(MW) 40 50 60 50 70 40
(a) Draw the load curve. (b) Calculate the (i) maximum demand (ii) units generated per day (iii) average
load and (iv) load factor.
20. The daily demands of three consumers are:

Time Consumer 1 (W) Consumer 2 (W) Consumer 3 (W)

0.00 – 8.00 No Load 200 No Load
8.00 – 14.00 600 No Load 200
14.00 – 16.00 200 1000 1200
16.00 – 22.00 800 No Load No Load
22.00 – 24.00 No Load 200 200
(a) Plot the load curve and load duration curve. (b) Calculate the (i) maximum demand and load factor of
individual consumer (ii) diversity factor and (iii) station load factor.

21. A power station has the following daily load cycle:

260MW for 6 hours; 200MW for 8 hours; 160MW for 4 hours; 100MW for 6 hours.
If the power station is equipped with four sets of 75 MW each, calculate the (i) daily load factor (ii) plant
capacity factor (iii) daily heat and fuel requirements per day if the calorific value of oil used is 10,000
kCal/kg and average heat rate of station is 2860 kCal/kWh.

22. A proposed station has the following daily load cycle:

Time (Hrs) 6.00 – 8.00 8.00 – 11.00 11.00 – 16.00 16.00 – 19.00 19.00 – 22.00 22.00 – 24.00 –
24.00 6.00
Load(MW) 20 40 50 35 70 40 20
(a) Draw the load curve. (b) Calculate the (i) units generated per day (ii) average load and (iii) load factor
(iv) prepare the operational schedule if four sets each of 30kVA at 0.8 power factor.

23. (a) List three methods of depreciation. (b) State one disadvantage of each of the methods listed in (a)

24. The equipment in a power station costs N 15,600,000.00 with a salvage value of N 6,000,000.00 at
the end of 25 years. Determine the depreciation value of the equipment at the end of 20years using (a)
Straight line method (b) Diminish value method (c) Sinking fund method at 5% annual compound interest.

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