Handbook of mechanical and electrical cost data, giving shipping weights, capacities, outputs, and net prices of machines and apparatus, and detailed costs of installation, maintenance, depreciation and operation, together with many principles and data relating to engineering economics (1918)
Gillette, Halbert Powers, 1869-, Dana, Richard Turner, 1876-1928, joint author · New York, McGraw-Hill · leaf 520
are given onFig. 44. To obtain the co^t for a contemplated plant it is necessaryto determine the load factor which will establish the nominaland the rated, or full, capacity required. To secure a uniformity of comparison in illustrating the applica-tion of the diagram.s which follow, 3 hypothetical… … . ^ J 4 i 6 r d 9 10 II /i 13 14 15 IS 17 li Rarea Copacity of Pionr m huncirec] H PFig. 44. Cost of complete electric power plants. the plant operates for 300 days of 10 hrs. per day, or for a total of3,000 hrs., and produces 3,200X3,000 = 9,600,000 h.p.-hrs. per yr.The total full capacity of the…