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Load Characteristics
Published in Anthony J. Pansini, Electrical Distribution Engineering, 2020
The ratio of the maximum demand of a system to the rated capacity of the system is known as the utilization factor. Both the maximum demand and the rated capacity are expressed in the same units. The factor indicates the degree to which a system is being loaded during the load peak with respect to its capacity. The rated capacity of a system is usually determined by its thermal capacity, but may also be determined by voltage drop limitations, the smaller of the two determining the capacity.
Computer Architecture — an Introduction
Published in K. S. Fu, Ichikawa Tadao, Special Computer Architectures for Pattern Processing, 1982
C. V. Ramamoorthy, Benjamin W. Wah
Another important performance measure for a system is its efficiency, sometimes called its utilization factor. Efficiency also directly reflects how effective a processing scheme is, and can be used to indicate how future improvements, such as removal of bottlenecks, should progress.
Bagasse saving and water recovery in cogeneration system using superheated steam dryer
Published in Chemical Engineering Communications, 2019
Somchart Chantasiriwan, Sarocha Charoenvai
Figure 4 shows simulation results for the typical cogeneration system. Boiler pressure and temperature are, respectively, 4.5 MPa and 440 °C. Other parameters required for simulation are pe = 0.2 MPa, pc = 0.01 MPa, Ta = 30 °C, Tg = 150 °C, and Taf = 900 °C. It can be seen that the rate of dry bagasse consumption increases with power production. It is interesting to note that the relationship between P and mb is almost linear. Since power production is not the only goal of a cogeneration system, a performance parameter in cogeneration system known as energy utilization factor is used to evaluate the system. It is defined as where