Plant Load Factor (PLF) definition

Plant Load Factor (PLF) means ratio of total kWh (units) of power generated by WtE Plant for a particular time period and Contracted Capacity in kW multiplied with number of hours in the same time period.
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Plant Load Factor (PLF) for a given period means the total sent-out energy corresponding to scheduled generation during such period, expressed as a percentage of sent-out energy corresponding to installed capacity in that period.
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Plant Load Factor (PLF) for a given period means the total sent out energy corresponding to scheduled generation during the period, expressed as a percentage of sent out energy corresponding to installed capacity in that period and shall be computed in accordance with the following formula:
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Examples of Plant Load Factor (PLF) in a sentence

  • NTPC's Super Thermal Power Plant in Korba works at a very high Plant Load Factor (PLF).

  • The revenue is higher in FY 2019-20, mainly due to increase in quantum of power sold.Your Company has sold 64.11 billion units of electricity during FY 2019-20 as against 55.24 billion units in FY 2018-19 from all the plants withincrease in Plant Load Factor (PLF) from 64% in the previous year to 68% in the year 2019-20.

  • The Plant Load Factor (PLF) is a critical performance parameter for any power plant installation.

  • The Commission has adopted the norms for State Heat Rate (SHR), Auxiliary Consumption, Specific Fuel Oil Consumption and Threshold Plant Load Factor (PLF) from the CERC tariff Regulations for the control period FY 2014-2019 as the norms for unit size exceeding 500 MW are not specified in Regulation 1 of 2008 notified by the Commission.

  • Audit of operation of the power stations revealed that the Plant Load Factor (PLF) of Panipat Thermal Power Station-I (PTPS-I), was lower than Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) norm (except 2005-06) as well as national average and that of PTPS-II was largely above the HERC norm as well as the national average.

  • The key advantage of conventional power generation is high Plant Load Factor (PLF), firmness and flexibility in power supply.

  • Proposed Gross Capacity (MW).: b) Auxiliary Consumption (MW): c) Net Capacity (MW): d) Plant Load Factor (PLF) %: e) Net expected power generation per annum: …………….

  • Plant Load Factor (PLF) The ratio of the energy produced by a generator relative to its theoretical maximum output.

  • NPL remains on top of the merit order as it is the lowest cost thermal power producer in Punjab, operating at high Plant Load Factor (PLF), which is among the best in the power industry.

  • Current practice of performance measurement of the coal fired power plants, in the Indian context done by CEA2, involves ratio analysis in which set of ratios (input to output and output to input) like Plant Load Factor (PLF), Operational Availability Factor (OAF), Planned Maintenance (PM), Forced Outage (FO), Auxiliary Power Consumption (APC), Specific Coal Consumption (SCC)3 etc.


More Definitions of Plant Load Factor (PLF)

Plant Load Factor (PLF) means the ratio of total kWh (units) of power generated by plant in a tariff year, as decided by TSERC and contracted capacity in kW multiplied with number of hours in the same tariff year.”
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Plant Load Factor (PLF) means the ratio of total kWh (units) of power
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