A hydro-electric plant has a catchment are of 120 square km. The available run off is 50% with annual rainfall of 100 cm. A head of 250 m is available on the average. Efficiency of the power plant is 70%. Find (1) average power produced (i) capacity of the power plant. Assume a load factor of 0.6. t 3766 W (m 5443 kWI

A hydro-electric plant has a catchment are of 120 square km. The available run off is 50% with annual rainfall of 100 cm. A head of 250 m is available on the average. Efficiency of the power plant is 70%. Find (1) average power produced (i) capacity of the power plant. Assume a load factor of 0.6. t 3766 W (m 5443 kWI

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Chapter2: Fundamentals

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