Suppose that the consumption of energy in a certain country has a growth rate of 4 percent per year. In how many years will the energy consumption be tripled?
A20.6
B13.73
C9.16
D27.47
#42📜 EE Pre-Board August 2017📘 PowerhouseEasy
Suppose that the consumption of energy in a certain country has a growth rate of 4% per year. In how many years will the energy consumption be tripled?
A17.33
B27.47
C25
D34.66
#43📜 EE Pre-Board August 2017📘 PowerhouseEasy
A consumer requires \(2 \times 10^{6}\) kWh per year and its yearly load factor is 30 percent. What is its maximum demand?
A228 kW
B600 kW
C2,537 kW
D761 kW
#44📜 EE Pre-Board August 2017📘 PowerhouseEasy
A generating plant has minimum and maximum outputs of 50 MW and 100 MW, respectively. It generates an energy of 1,800,000 kWh in 24 hours at an average power factor of 90%. What is the load factor of the plant?
A75%
B67.5%
C50%
D83.3%
#45📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
Assuming the most efficient technologies for the extraction of energy, the fuel with the largest known reserves is
ACoal
BOil
CNatural gas
DNuclear
#46📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
In a hydroelectric power plant, it is used to prevent the sudden rise and drop of water pressure.
APenstock
BIntake tower
CDam
DSurge tank
#47📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
What is the cost of operating a 70 percent efficient 20 hp pump for 20 days, 8 hrs per day? Cost of energy is P0.05/kWh.
AP112
BP170.45
CP228.60
DP83.55
#48📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
The process by which a heavy nucleus is splitted into two light nuclei is known as
ASplitting
BFission
CFusion
DDisintegration
#49📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
Efficiency of a power plant is more in summers or winters?
Asummers
Bwinters
Csame in both
Ddepends on variation
#50📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
The efficiency of thermal power plant is approximately
A10%
B30%
C60%
D80%
#51📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
A plant has a total generating capacity of 800 kW. The coal consumption is 1,900 lbs. per hour. Heating value of the coal is 9,500 BTU per lb. What approximate percent in heat in the coal is converted into useful energy?
A8.7 %
B17.5 %
C12.3 %
D15%
#52📜 EE Pre-Board March 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
A power plant consumes 100,000 lbs. of coal per hour. The heating value of the coal is 12,000 BTU per lb. the overall plant efficiency is 30%. What is the kW output of the plant?
A175,000 kW
B142,500 kW
C105,500 kW
D205,000 Kw
#53📜 EE Pre-Board August 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
Base load plants are designed to supply power at
Alow capital cost and low operating cost
Bhigh capital cost and low operating cost
Clow capital cost and high operating cost
Dhigh capital cost and high operating cost
#54📜 EE Pre-Board August 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
Peak load plants are designed to supply power at
Alow capital cost and low operating cost
Bhigh capital cost and low operating cost
Clow capital cost and high operating cost
Dhigh capital cost and high operating cost
#55📜 EE Pre-Board August 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
Which of the following methods of generating electric power from the sea water is more advantageous?
Awater power
Bocean power
Ctidal power
Dnone of these
#56📜 EE Pre-Board August 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
Which of the following power plant is a conventional source of energy?
ASolar energy
BGeothermal energy
CCoal energy
DWind energy
#57📜 EE Pre-Board August 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
Alternators installed in a hydro power station, are of
Alow speed
Bhigh speed
Cmedium speed
Dvery high speed
#58📜 EE Pre-Board August 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
A power plant gets water from a dam from a height of 122.45 m at the rate of 1,000 cubic meters per minute. If the output of the plant is 15,000 kW, what is the plant efficiency?
A80%
B75%
C70%
D65%
#59📜 EE Pre-Board August 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
Calculate the use factor of a power plant if the capacity factor is 35% as it operates 8,000 hours during the year.