what is divercity factor?

Answer Posted / roysayan01

Sum of Individual Max. Demands
diversity factor=--------------------------------
Max. Demand on Power Station
Higher the diversity factor the better will be the load
factor and hence electrical energy will be cheaper. Some of
the loads have inherent diversity eg- the lighting load is
at its peak when industrial load is minimum.

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