Chapter 3: Electricity consumption
Tb =
E Pmax
(3.1)
and the load factor as:
A=
Tb 8760
(3.2)
Figure 3.1 Load-duration curve for a period of one year. The load-duration curve gives only limited information about the load variability. In many cases a (chronological) load curve is needed. Load curves for different time spans and different time resolutions are shown later.
3.1.2 Categorization Electricity consumption can be divided into different categories based on different criteria as indicated in Table 3.2.
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