Given a combustion turbine power plant with a capacity factor of 0.18 and a fixed charge rate of 15%. The plant has the following costs parameters:
Capital Cost = $450/kW
Heat Rate = 10,500 BTU/kWh
Fuel Cost = $5.25/MMBTU
Variable O&M Costs = $0.0058/kWh
What is the unit cost of electricity for this plant?
ANSWER:
Given that :
a combustion turbine power plant with a capacity factor of 0.18
fixed charge rate of 15%.
Capital Cost = $450/kW
Heat Rate = 10,500 BTU/kWh
Fuel Cost = $5.25 / M M BTU
Variable O&M Costs = $0.0058/kWh
Given a combustion turbine power plant with a capacity factor of 0.18 and a fixed charge...
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