MEEN 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Load Profile
8 Jan 2018
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Electrical power system: a network of components designed to transmit and distribute the energy produced by generators to locations where it is used, required to generate and supply electrical energy to consumers. The three main characteristics of electricity supply are as follows: o electricity cannot be stored in bulk form. Thus, power must be generated continuously so that it meets the demand at a specific voltage and frequency. Increases in population, industrial expansion, housing areas and etc lead to the continuous increase in demand for power: power station is located near to the resources location. They are five main energy resources being used to generate electric energy. They are: coal, water, gas, oil and nuclear. Antipollution features have to be included non-renewable: water. No cost for the fuel": natural gas. Principal disadvantage is hard to transport over long distance non-renewable: oil. A bit more polluting than natural gas but easy to transport over long distance however, much more expensive.
